Final preparations are underway in anticipation of the month of open submissions at Dragon Moon Press.
Reaction has been varied and interesting. I’ve been told alternately that I’m brave, smart, and crazy for deciding to open the gates for a month.
I’ve already received submissions that fall into every category on the “do not send” list, and several others that show total disregard for the submissions guidelines and my own tips about how to write a query letter and what not to do in a query.
The submissions I’m seeing have also inspired several new and exciting “what not to do” tips, and I’m torn between singling them out now and posting a complete list at the end of the month.
I suspect that “just when I thought I’d seen everything” is going to be a recurring theme… but it’s good. I’m glad. I know that I haven’t seen everything, and that’s part of why I’m doing this. It’s partly for the learning experience, and partly — no, mostly, to see what’s out there.
Right now, I only see submissions from people who have been invited to submit, and from people who ignore the “closed submissions” policy. I’ve never seen submissions from the writers who haven’t been solicited, yet who have the reading comprehension and the respect for authority to follow the rules. I want to see what those people are writing.
If you’re one of those people, I hope to be hearing from you next month. If you know one of those people, please spread the word.
We welcome authors of podcast fiction, first-time authors and previously-published authors with completed science fiction or fantasy manuscripts between 80,000 and 100,000 words. No short fiction, no non-fiction, and no 2009 NaNoWriMo novels please. Submissions guidelines can be found here.
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