Submisions open for Twenty7 Books

[Emurelda]

https://twenty7books.wordpress.com/

For debut authors of adult fiction. Open until 27th september.

Good luck!

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.

 

[Jason Byrne]

I was all set to submit to them, and then completely forgot! Wow. Where's my coffee...

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Thanks for the share Em. Worth a nosey.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Oh — no I didn't forget — I submitted to them on the 8th. Never mind.

 

[Emurelda]

Well good luck either way!

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Just sent mine off, going to hit the submission gong!
Though I may not hear from them until January next year, it'll be a nice surprise that I forgot all about.

 

[Alistair Roberts]

Also sent mine off

 

[Jason Byrne]

Just sent mine off, going to hit the submission gong!
Though I may not hear from them until January next year, it'll be a nice surprise that I forgot all about.

Exactly.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Also sent mine off

Way to go also Alistair!

 

[Daniel]

Thanks for the notice, I'll try this one as well Do you have any good tips or links to articles on writing a one page pitch?

 

[Nicole Wilson]

Are you trying to write a query or a synopsis?

 

[Daniel]

This is all it says on the website: "All you need to do is send a one page pitch and the first 5,000 words of the novel to hello@twenty7books.com, with the subject line ‘OPEN SUBMISSIONS: BOOKTITLE by YOUR NAME’."

 

[Daniel]

I guess I'm not really sure what they want...

 

[Nicole Wilson]

That usually means a query (at least in the US). I have done a lot of research on queries in the process of writing my own. Here's a blog post I wrote combining all the stuff I learned. I don't believe queries change much between the US and UK, but you may want to do a little research on that.

And here are a few resources I found very handy:

• http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/how-to-write-the-perfect-query-letter
• http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/the-10-dos-and-donts-of-writing-a-query-letter
• Good examples here: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/successful-queries
• Very helpful (written by a former literary agent): http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/08/how-to-write-query-letter.html
• She (a literary agent) breaks down queries and what is right and wrong with each: http://queryshark.blogspot.com/

 

[Daniel]

Thanks Nicole. Writing this seems kind of difficult...

 

[Nicole Wilson]

It is a little tricky, but you only have to do it once You can scan through our threads (mostly in the back room) as we've critiqued each other's queries in the past. There may be more things you can learn from seeing how we actually put them together

 

[Jason Byrne]

It is a little tricky, but you only have to do it once You can scan through our threads (mostly in the back room) as we've critiqued each other's queries in the past. There may be more things you can learn from seeing how we actually put them together

Tell it, Teach!