Finishing a novel is a great feeling. I just finished my sixth novel.
Unfortunately, only the last two or three have been any good.
There’s a lot of editing to do once that first draft is out of the way, but the hardest part for most writers isn’t the writing or editing, it’s the search for an agent or a publisher.
Here is a small list of publishers that you can submit to if you don’t have an agent:
http://www.kensingtonbooks.com
http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com
http://www.lyricalpress.com/submissions
http://www.ireadiwrite.com/for-Writers.html
http://solsticepublishing.com/contact_us.html
http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/finditem.cfm?itemid=14298
http://www.eternalpress.biz/submissions.php
http://www.mckennapubgrp.com/submissionguidelines.php
http://www.bancroftpress.com/submission.html
http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/submissions.php
http://www.bascomhillpublishing.com/submissions.asp
A great place to find information on an agent or publisher is http://absolutewrite.com/forums/index.php. They can teach you which ones are good and which ones to avoid.
The next two will help you find literary agents — who accepts queries and what genres they work with. Also, you can find some publishers at the second one below.
http://www.querytracker.net/literary_agents.php
If you’re in need of help with your query letter, this site offers some great samples.
http://www.charlottedillon.com/QuerySamples.html
It’s easy to get overwhelmed by all of this. But don’t. It’s not as hard as it looks. Just do a little each day, and you’ll have a good idea where you want to submit and what they expect from you and you manuscript.
What are some of your favorite resources as a writer?
Happy submitting.
Great tips. Thanks for the publisher links. I love Query tracker. It’s the easiest site I think and you can see at a glance the things you need to know, thanks to their grid.
Thanks Courtney, absolutely, Query tracker makes it really easy. There are so other good ones, but that’s my favorite.
Helpful stuff. Lately, I’ve been checking out Agent Query.
Thanks Joy. It’s a great resource. I knew there was another good one, but I couldn’t find it in my favorites. But that’s it. Thanks for the nudge!!! (and the comment)
Great resources! I’ve found Mother. Write. (Repeat.) http://motherwrite.blogspot.com/ to have a lot of agent interviews. Very helpful in getting details on specific agents. The blogger also posts in the comment sections of Query Tracker to point out agents she has done interviews with.
🙂 Ang
Thanks Ang, I love learning about new resources. I’ll check that out. And I’ll look for those comments. Doralynn
Thanks for the links! I’ve found Authonomy helpful for reviews (if you can navigate to the forum threads where people actually trade critique).
Thanks Neurotype, I hadn’t heard of that one. I’ll Google that…. and head on over to the forum. Doralynn