I’ve received an offer from an epublisher to re-issue my romantic comedy short story, DECEIVING DEREK. I’m very happy about this, as the story was only with its former publisher for a few months before that pub closed. Kind of ironic, really. There aren’t too many short story markets for re-issues, and when I was looking the first time I could have submitted to either Pub A (the one I did submit to) or Pub B (the pub who just offered). I chose to submit to Pub A because Pub B was very, very new, and you all know (or you should) how leery I am about trying untested epub waters—I’ve been burned (drowned?) too many times. So I submitted to Pub A and received a contract. I totally loved the cover art and had a good editing experience, so I was happy. Obviously, however, I made the wrong submission choice, because Pub A closed in November and Pub B is, by all accounts, going strong.
Yes, sometimes I am wise in the world of publishing, and sometimes I have really, really bad luck.
I still need to go over the contract and make sure everything is in order, which is why I haven’t announced which epublisher has made the offer yet. You’ll earn two points if you guess correctly, though. 😉
Um, Samhain? Amber Quill? Wild Rose?
Do I get three guesses? Do points = drinks at National? Can I ask a few more questions? 😉
Either way, congrats!!
Three guesses, huh? Well, one of your guesses earn you points. Not sure you should be allowed three, though.
And, yes, you may buy me drinks at National, heh, heh.
Congratulations!
I’m thinking Samhain, because Wild Rose is too new, and Amber Quill was never really open to submissions.
Any of the three seem to be good places, though, so congrats!
Um…Natalie, answer forthcoming hopefully next week.
Lexi, thanks for the congrats. I love this story and can’t bear to leave it languishing on my hard drive.
But Cindy’s already at Amber Quill, so that’s a possibility. Maybe. 🙂
Congratulations, Cindy. Love the title.
Linda
Thanks, Linda. However, I have run into a wee snag with the contract. I need to take a couple of weeks to decide if I want to go this route.
But, no, it’s not AQP. This is a 5K short story–I don’t think AQP does those, unless they’re erotic. And this one isn’t erotic.