Life, the Universe, and Everything
Between the holidays, a nasty bout of the flu, and being busy with preparing Fall books for design and getting next spring’s books well on their way, I haven’t had much time to even think about what I’d post here …
Tag: publishing
Writer question: E-book rights?
A writer question I received this month, the answer for which I think anyone submitting to Tu will want to know: I would like to submit my YA fantasy to Tu Books, but wondered if you accept submissions from books …
Whitney Award nominations
The Whitney Awards are a fairly new award given out at the LDS Storymakers conference that honors novels written by LDS writers, both in the niche LDS market and in the national market. Every year, you can nominate titles for …
Reader question: What’s an imprint?
Ingrid writes to ask: How exactly does an imprint of a publishing company work? Are imprints more specific in subject matter or is there a deeper connection with the parent company? Are your chances of getting published better with an …
Updated multicultural SFF booklist
ETA 5/22/12: I’m keeping this book list up to date on Pinterest nowadays, linking each book to its Goodreads entry. It’s much easier to just pin a book than to keep this list up to date. For the running lists …
What kind of fantasy is Tu looking for? And what kind of synopsis?
Another writer question, the answer for which I think will help more than just one writer. If any of you have questions about what we’re looking for or anything to do with the submission process, please let me know, and …
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Is my character “black enough”
I recently got this question from a writer, who agreed that answering it on the blog would be useful: My hero is a fifteen-year-old African American boy [in a science fiction story]. A few of my alpha readers (not all) …
Can you believe it’s been two months?
Spring is in the air. It’s been raining for the last several days, but it seems to be clearing up. While there hasn’t been much to post about, I’ve been quite busy behind the scenes. The nice thing about starting …
Interviews, news, and Tu’s new submission guidelines
Link roundup from the coverage that Tu Books has been getting on the web, including interviews of me and coverage in Publisher’s Weekly: ETA: Opening New Doors (PW) Lee & Low Gets New Imprint Interview at The Enchanted Inkpot (also …
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What’s up with this New York talk?
Have you been wondering where I’ve been on this blog? Have you noticed me talking on Facebook or Twitter about a move and wondered what was up with that? Now, your questions can be answered! Some pretty awesome things have …