So I wrote a book

[missmurchison]

This is my first post in ages, although I've been reading and commenting a bit. I was also gifted with a Kindle a while back and found myself reading actual books rather than fanfic, leaving me less to chatter about in my journal. I discovered some M/M romance authors whose work I really enjoyed, and, as is my habit, I started writing in the genre

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[keswindhover]

Miss M has been hiding her light under a bushel, even from her Best Beta. I shall insist on being given a chance to at least query her use of commas in Book 2.

And I've said it already, Ms M - but congratulations and very well done. I can't imagine Dreamspinner publish a great many of the unsolicited manuscripts that hit their virtual mat, so your manuscript was clearly made of the right stuff.

[missmurchison]

I have been a very bad girl.

And I looked it up. They accept 2-5 percent of submissions from the slush pile, which I'm sure is still a much larger percentage than the older publishing houses that still sell more paper books than e-books.

[missmurchison]

I found a book that I really enjoyed, read more by that author, and followed the recommendations at Amazon until I was hooked and buying directly from the publishers. E-books make it all very easy.

When I looked at the publishers' sites, I found many of them accept submissions. They're more accessible than the big publishers, and they're growing. They produce a lot of new authors. You should definitely try submitting to one of them.

[cindergal]

How awesome! Congrats!

[missmurchison]

Thanks:)

[ffutures]

Congrats!

[missmurchison]

Thanks:)

[petzipellepingo]

Congratulations! Go you!

[missmurchison]

Thank you!

[curiouswombat]

Well go you! How lovely to know, too, that you have been absent for good reasons, not sad ones.

[missmurchison]

Thanks. I have been lurking around the edges of LJ, just not posting or even commenting much.