andphi's Journal: NaNo Update, Various Publishers' Submission Guidelines

My mom did the amazing. She wrote a 76 kiloword novel in less than two weeks. I am still plugging away at typing up the last 40k of my novel. If lucky, I will go all the way to 40k this week. At this point, I think, a finishing The Tale of Five Brothers and moving on to The Eye of Aethr is not really all that likely.

I did some research today on various publishers' submission guidelines and learned some things. I knew I liked Baen and Tor for the quality of their books and their attitude toward them. Now I like them more because they have useful, instructive things to say to prospective authors and will read unsolicited manuscripts.

To be published by Baen would be a dream come true for me. It's a recently acquired dream, but true and valid nonetheless.

Baen Books:
http://www.baen.com/FAQS.htm#Manuscript%20Submission%20Guidelines

coherent magic system, magic integral to story, interesting philosophical questions.

Tor Books:
http://us.macmillan.com/Content.aspx?publisher=torforge&id=255

synopsis: first 3 chapters, end on paragraph, less than 10k, summary of characters, events, ending. 3 to 10 pages in standard manuscript format

DAW:
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/DAWsubmission.html

Ace/Roc:

http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/scifi-fantasy/submission.html

baen, tor (macmillan), Ace/Roc (penguingroup), DAW: open submissions, electronic preferred

http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/about/faq.html#submit

random house: agents only