As you no doubt know,
we have long waiting list of trusted authors we are intending to publish. See https://apublishersperspective.blogspot.com/p/submissions-awaiitng-assesssment.html
However, there are a few short cuts, also for trusted authors. If you receive our
newsletter you are a “trusted author” but please mention how you know us when you
submit. Not yet a “trusted author”? Why not sign up at http://eepurl.com/cDHFU1 ?
Here are the pathways:
CafeLit Serial
Look at the work of Mason Bushell,
Janet
Howson and Dawn
Knox. Mention when you submit your first story that this is a potential
serial – even put it in the title of the story. If we like the concept, we’ll prioritise you in
the daily selection and once the serial is complete, the rest of the publishing
process is quicker as most of the editing has been done as we go along. The
serial should be made up of episodes that stand alone but there should be an
overarching story through the book.
Sunday Serial
This is where we serialise your work every Sunday. This is offered
to you if you are on the waiting list and we’ll start making offers as soon as the
current serial is in the last month. Again we edit as we go along and you are
offered the opportunity to respond to comments. Think Charles Dickens. This
also shortens the editing process slightly. See Sunday Serial.
Fast track 1
Gather
together all of your pre-edited-by-us stories. They may have appeared
on CafeLit, in one of our annual
anthologies or one of our special books. You gather the
edited version into one word document. You
are looking at between 30,000 and 70,000 words, the sweet spot being 46,000. You may like to
include an introduction and you should also include a bio, 250 – 500
words, and links to up to three of your other publications See Seen Through
a Glass of Red by Liz Cox and Old
Man Jasperson and other stories by Jim Bates. All of the editing is completed on this so we only
need to design the books, proof read twice and market. In both cases we
actually published a couple of months ahead of schedule. Use https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/form.aspx?id=O5TCxfX-6CXux-a0E6ElR-g7gG4x4c7
Fast track 2
If you have used
one of our editors and they agree that the book is good to go we can leave out one
or more of the editorial processes. See
our list here: http://www.gilljameswriter.com/p/my-dream-team.html Use https://apublishersperspective.blogspot.com/2023/03/submissions.html
but mention in your cover letter that you have used one of our editors and
outline which sort of edit(s) they’ve completed.
Fast track 3
Do you have a collection of stories to which you have the
rights back? Put them together in one Word document, acknowledging where each was
first published. Again, you are looking at between 30,000 and 70,000 words, the
sweet spot being 46,000. You will have just the two proof reads.
Also include an introduction if you would like one, and supply a bio, a blurb
and link to up to three of your previous publications. Submit as usual via: https://apublishersperspective.blogspot.com/2023/03/submissions.html
Fast track 4
This will have to stay in the queue, I’m afraid BUT if we approve
of it we can miss out the editorial stages. This is where we can bring your out
of print book back to life. We may even take it on if we think it needs
editorial input. Submit in the normal way. https://apublishersperspective.blogspot.com/2023/03/submissions.html
Crowd Funded project
If you are willing
to work with us on crowd-funding your project, please indicate that in your submission.
We will run a crowd-funding project for two months and use whatever funds we
raise to, in this order,:
·
Shorten
your publishing schedule
·
Give you
a more dynamic launch
·
Get you
on to higher royalties faster
