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Anna Faversham wrote: "Jane Blythe 'Princess Jane' is kindly featuring One Dark Night on her super blog. The link is here:https://www.loveindieromance.com/
But the reason it becomes an opportunity for everyone in this..."
I've sent the blog off to Facebook and Twitter, Anna. Hope everyone loves reading it.
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"A paper-lace moon, the size of a dinner plate, hung in the pink-flecked eastern sky. As he spun her round she saw lilac and pink wispy clouds suspended against a turquoise sky blending into the liquid silver sea, so still, she felt she could walk on it. No one, not even those ladies who arrived in their fine gowns and fashionable carriages for the Summer Balls, could ever have felt as she did tonight."
Thank you, Carole. I remember the moment I saw that paper-lace moon. My husband was driving, thank goodness, otherwise I'd have missed it or gone off the road into the sea.Oh Julia, that's such a kind thought - but where's your favourite line from one of your books? You have some good lines - go for it.
Over on the kuforum.co.uk there is a thread calling for short stories. I can't endorse it, as I haven't the time to investigate but here is what it says.Call for Scifi Short Story Submissions
I have edited a couple of scifi anthologies now, and am getting to really enjoy it. Quite a few authors have been asking when I'll run another. As I have several of my own books coming out over the summer, I've decided to go for a submissions deadline of 31 October 2017.
I am aiming for a late November release to take advantage of people buying paperbacks for Christmas presents and ebooks for themselves over the holiday.
The theme and title of the collection is 'The Guardian'. This could be a bodyguard, a childminder, a ship protecting a vital planet, an ancient alien defending an abandoned site, whatever. Anything within the broader science fiction genre is welcome, though in the interests of not getting hidden by Amazon we'd need to avoid outright erotica.
Entries should be between 2500 and 10000 words. As long as they are available to publish, they could have been already released somewhere else, though new pieces would have priority. They can be completely one-off stories, or introductions to series as long as they have a self-contained storyline.
I can't guarantee that all entries will be included. You can submit more than one story, but I won't choose more than one per author to be included. I am aiming for around twelve quality pieces that work well together and avoid covering too much of the same ground.
The focus of the project will be on exposure for the participating authors. Each story will be immediately followed by a short 'about the author' and two links - one to their mailing list signup and one to their homepage (I would encourage participants to set up a unique landing page for these so they can track conversion). As all the stories will be scifi, this should help generate targeted also-boughts.
Profits from the sales will go towards paying off the setup (cover, proofreading, formatting etc), my time, and ongoing advertising costs. The Newcomer paid off the setup in a little over a month and the advertising kitty fills up nicely until I splurge on some promos. The Officer sold over 500 copies in the first couple of weeks.
If you're wondering what I'm like to work with, I'm sure none of the authors in the last couple of bundles would mind a quick question. You could also have a look at my website http://www.alasdairshaw.co.uk/twodemo... to see the kind of things I tend to write.
By submitting your short story, you grant non-exclusive rights in perpetuity for it to be included in the anthology. There will be no fee for entry and no payment for inclusion.
Please enter using this form: https://goo.gl/forms/g2IlxMgRumLZQOas1
wow... I'm part of a small indie press (Smoking Pen Press)... we've done a few short story anthologies and are gearing up to do another. We don't charge for submissions, all stories go through at least one level of editing, we pay for a professional cover... Yet I would never expect an author to submit 'just for exposure', especially when the editor talks about how many copies he sells. We don't pay much, but we pay.. and we're not the only ones. I encourage anyone out there to look further, and seek out places that either pay or offer a couple of comp. copies.
Good to hear your response, Laurie, and a better set of terms.
Anna Faversham wrote: "Good to hear your response, Laurie, and a better set of terms."Please note.. these aren't just our terms... they are the terms of MANY small presses. You do need to make sure that stories are being edited, there are some who do nothing more than collect the stories and format them, good, bad or otherwise .. and you don't want to be a part of that.
We're just now getting close to breaking even, but we would have been embarrassed to offer no compensation at all.
I wish alasdairshaw lots of luck, but I don't think he/she is being fair to authors.
I've written two short stories (some years ago) and they were published without payment raising money for something. The only thing they gave me was visibility, and it would be very difficult to work out if I gained any! I was surprised at his sales figures.But the idea seemed well thought out in terms of getting onto Also Boughts and being able to track interest.
Anyway, as I said at the beginning of the post, I can't endorse it, as I don't have enough info. It's helpful that you know more about these things. Thanks Laurie.
I'm submitting a short story purely for exposure. I'm not expecting anything for it. It's also going into an anthology that I believe will just cut and paste what I've written so I have to be sure I've edited it. As someone who has so far written what might be termed erotica (sci-fi with a lot of sex) my options appear to be limited. It is what it is. I need a new genre.
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Liked. CeDany, I wish you and your family well in these trying times. I recommended your book to several of my Goodreads friends. Hope that helps. Would you like me to share the link to your website on my social media to help you gain more exposure for your website?
https://www.loveindieromance.com/
But the reason it becomes an opportunity for everyone in this group is because, if you scroll down from the feature you will find there's a chance for authors to post their favourite line from one of their books.
Go for it - and make Jane's blog zing even more.