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Monday, September 28, 2015

Storming the Castle

I was asked to do a guest post for the IWSG website about submitting to a small press. Many writers seeking publication with a traditional publisher may not realize how many options are available for them beyond the Big 5.

And as I say in my post, "After many rejections, writers can feel like publishing companies are the enemy and their editors the army blocking entrance to the castle. In fact, editors want to open the castle gate and usher in the right person. Publishers don’t exist without writers and manuscripts but it needs to be a good fit."

 To see the full post go here.http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/2015/09/querying-small-press.html
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17 comments:

  1. Alex J. CavanaughSeptember 28, 2015 at 6:55 AM

    It was a great post! I'm very thankful there are options outside of the big five.

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  2. Angela BrownSeptember 28, 2015 at 6:59 AM

    I will have to check this out. And I like what you mention. It took me some time to recognize but it's better to get a "no" from someone who won't be able to truly advocate for your story than to get a "yes" from someone just interesed in looking like they have a roster of clients.

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  3. L. Diane WolfeSeptember 28, 2015 at 8:49 AM

    Thank you again for contributing to the IWSG site.

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  4. Hilary Melton-ButcherSeptember 28, 2015 at 10:10 AM

    Hi Karen - you have a lot of experience and knowledge from all directions - so you always give us useful pointers and ideas ... cheers Hilary

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  5. H.R. BennettSeptember 28, 2015 at 10:43 AM

    You did that post? Awesome! I loved it. Great info in it.

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  6. Mirka BreenSeptember 28, 2015 at 1:45 PM

    Right on, Karen. And you do know.

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  7. BirgitSeptember 28, 2015 at 4:28 PM

    Excellent post and can't believe people write about who would star in the book

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  8. dolorahSeptember 28, 2015 at 11:47 PM

    It was a great article. Thanks. I starred it so I can look at it again when I query again. Hopefully I'll have something to query soon. *fingers crossed for productive writing*

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  9. Simon KewinSeptember 29, 2015 at 2:01 AM

    Great post!

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  10. Jan MorrisonSeptember 29, 2015 at 3:44 AM

    Good post, Karen. Clear, kind and straight forward.

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  11. Crystal CollierSeptember 30, 2015 at 9:52 AM

    Nice. I'm a fan of small presses. They're life givers.

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  12. David Powers KingSeptember 30, 2015 at 12:51 PM

    Off to check it out. You teased me good with that quote. :)

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  13. Kathryn ThorntonSeptember 30, 2015 at 2:16 PM

    Thank you for your straight forward post. The manuscript matters and the query letter to should represent you and not just the formula.

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  14. DeeOctober 8, 2015 at 2:13 PM

    Dear Karen, thanks so much for this informative posting on query letters and small presses as well as for the earlier posting on why e-books are not selling as well as formerly. I am getting ready to begin writing query letters to agents, asking them to represent my convent memoir. So your posting is timely for where I am right now with my writing. Thanks so much. Peace.

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  15. Victoria Marie LeesOctober 10, 2015 at 5:35 AM

    This is wonderful information, Karen. Thanks so much. I'm trying to finish up the revisions of my memoir about attending college with five children in tow, but family obligations keep getting in the way. This post will be very helpful when I get to the query letter stage, which I hope is very soon. Thanks again!

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  16. Michael Di GesuOctober 12, 2015 at 5:09 PM

    Hi, Karen,

    How are you? Thanks for the info. As you know FINDING the right fit is NEVER easy, but when it happens, it's magical.... Still searching for my place, but each day, we get a little further down "The yellow brick road..."

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  17. Pat TillettNovember 3, 2015 at 7:34 PM

    That was a great post Karen (just read it).

    I JUST heard on the news that Amazon has announced the opening of a large brick and mortar book store. Have you heard about that?

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