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Creative Writing Contest and Possible Publication
sights unseen:
For anyone considering sending a manuscript to this, Kelley has suggested reading the three books currently out by this publisher. Since they are, to quote Kelley, "a form of category fiction" she urges writers to get a feel for how these books are written; i.e. if they follow a certain guidelines closely or if they lean towards romance or paranormal.
Just some fyi.
sights unseen:
If anyone cares :p I've decided to give this a try and see if my manuscript isn't crap after all.
Anyone else going to try the contest? You've got until April 30, 2008.
SunPhoenix:
Eh... I would like to submit a manuscript to something that it can potentially make it through a bit more than trying elsewhere, but I dunno how much romance the story I'm writing would have to contain since I'm try for a real human aspect to it which does contain a little romance (assuming I actually write that much if I can get past researching different things and doing outlines and such. Other than the 3 or so pages I have written so far).
sights unseen:
Right now I'm reading Driven, one of the books published by Shomi. It has some element of romance, but it's in the background so far. I haven't gotten to the others yet, but I think one of the requirements is romance.
Come to think of it, my bookmark says, Shomi the future of Romance. I think most category fiction, that I know of, is romance driven and the plot (murder, suspense, etc) is secondary.
sights unseen:
I think this review describes what the books are about. The italics are mine.
"“If Maverick’s fast-paced, genre-bounding novel is any indication, Dorchester’s new imprint, Shomi—which aims to hook a younger generation of readers—should catch an audience quickly. Maverick grabs readers from page one, throwing together romance, science fiction and cyberpunk. …It’s easy to get drawn into her world of twisting realities and shifting identities."
Alternate reality, a bit of sci-fi and cyberpunk. I can see it in the book Driven. No vampires or werewolves though. Futuristic stuff.
Now, if only I could write that kind of book.
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