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thetammyjo -> RE: Good News to Share (12/1/2006 5:49:19 AM)
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ORIGINAL: sophia37
You go girl. That took some doing. Did you do the layout and design or the manuscript only.
There's a long story to this.
I thought my last publisher was going to publish this novel but I had only a verbal agreement with one of the two people in charge. (Note to other writers: Verbal agreements, never count on them)
I've been happy at all with how poorly my fourth collection of erotica was being marketed and I was uncertain how I felt about them taking on my first novel.
Then the second partner of the company decided that they just couldn't do any more books -- I was, needless to say, pissed.
But I started looking again and asked my fan group to give me feedback on the first chapter of the novel while I looked around. I'd sent in an article to a magazine and it's editor and I started talking. I asked him if he knew of any place that was looking for het SM erotica (it is actually rather easy to get lesbian and gay SM erotica published, lots of those publishers out there) and he said "Yes, I do".
End of long story.
To answer your question, sophia37, the publisher did the layout but is asking me for things like a bio, an acknowledgement and dedication section, a picture, and even my suggestions for cover. (by the way, very rare in publishing; my first collection cover had ZERO to do with anything in the book)
Susan Wright (whom some of you may know from the NCSF or her science fiction/fantasy writing) has written the back blurb for my novel as a favor to me. I'm hoping her greater name recognization will help the book.
The publisher wants a photo for the cover so I made two suggestions: object or people. People would be fees for models and the need to find two people who look like the main characters. Objects, well there are two important books and three sacred objects our main characters are questing for -- the descriptions of the objects is less restrictive than that of the characters.
I asked that the color not be blue because I hate the color blue.
So today I have to write the dedication and the acknowledgement thing and then my side of everything will be done.
I'll be participating in a chat at the BRC about my writing later in December if anyone is on that group or wants to read along. (http://www.thebrc.net/)
Thank you everyone for your great wishes.
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