Tag: submissions

• The First Rule of Book Submission is You Don’t Talk about Book Submission

  

  I won’t be able to talk much about my book situation right now. No matter where I actually am in the process of getting a deal, my book is still “Under Submission” to editors until a contract is signed and Publisher’s Weekly has made the announcement of the deal. Submissions themselves can take anywhere from…

  mindyqs

  May 24, 2021

  Writing

  #amwriting, books, getting published, submissions, writerslife, writing community

• Under Submission

  

  That’s a weird term, “Under Submission.” Under = In an existent state of. Submission = Consideration or Judgement. There’s a nebulous quality to that phrase that can’t quit convey how emotionally fraught it is to be “Under Submission.” To be “Under Submission” means your agent wrote a pitch (essentially a much better written query) and…

  mindyqs

  April 22, 2021

  Writing

  #amwriting, publishing, querying, submissions, writing