Tag Archives: Suspense

Forever Yours Submissions (Hachette Books Romance Imprint)

April 29, 2019Literary, Publishing OpportunityAdult, Agented, Author, books, Contemporary, Contract, Cowboys, Creativity, Diverse, Forever Yours, Guidelines, Hachette Book Group, Historical, Manuscripts, Novel, Novellas, Opportunity, Paranormal, publisher, Publishing, Romance, Stories, Submissions, Submit, Suspense, Unagented, Writerpdpabst

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Forever Yours is a romance imprint of Hachette Books that not only accepts agented manuscripts, they also accept unagented submissions. (Yep, you heard that right!) The imprint is looking for adult contemporary, diverse reads, romantic suspense, cowboys, historicals, and paranormal romance styles. (Please note that they do not want YA, fantasy, mystery, general fiction, or nonfiction.) And further great news, they also accept novellas!

Be sure to read the complete guidelines for submissions before sending your manuscript. And as always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Secret Agent Contest via Authoress

March 30, 2019Contests, Critiques, LiteraryAdventure, agent, Authoress, Authors, books, Contemporary, Critique, Feedback, Fiction, Guidelines, Historical, Jillian Boehme, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Miss Snark's First Victim, Opportunity, Secret Agent Contest, Stories, Submissions, Suspense, Thriller, Women's, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Authoress (aka Jillian Boehme) is hosting a round of Secret Agent on her popular Miss Snark’s First Victim site. If you’ve followed Authoress for several years, then you know that she unveiled herself because she finally got her first book deal! (And this was her one condition she had promised herself before unveiling her true identity.) And many of us are so excited for her because she has given back to the community for so-so-so long! (Thank you Jillian!)

Now, for a few basic details of the contest:

Submissions open between Noon to 6pm EDT, April 1st, 2019
This is a lottery. The BOT will draw 50 random names.
Only the First 250 words will be submitted.
Only completed and polished manuscripts may be entered.
Only ONE entry per person!

As always, there is no fee to enter the contest. This month’s contest will include the following genres only:

Middle Grade–especially adventure stories and historical fiction
YA contemporary romance
YA magical realism
Women’s Fiction
Thriller/Suspense
Literary Fiction
General Fiction

For complete guidelines and entry form, go here. As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Tor/Forge Submissions (Macmillan Imprint)

November 26, 2018Literary, Publishing OpportunityAdult, Age Category, Author, Book, Documents, Fantasy, Fiction, Forge, General Fiction, Genre, Historical, Horror, Imprint, Macmillan, Mail, Manuscript, Middle Grade, Mystery, Opportunity, Paranormal, publisher, Publishing, Science Fiction, Story, Submissions, Submit, Suspense, Thriller, Tor, Unagented, Urban Fantasy, Woman's Fiction, Writer, Young Adultpdpabst

Did you know that Tor/Forge takes unagented submissions for science fiction and fantasy manuscripts! But it doesn’t end there. They’ll also take fiction of all other types including but not limited to general fiction, historical fiction, horror, mystery, paranormal, suspense/thriller, urban fantasy, and woman’s fiction. Among the age groups they accept are middle grade, young adult, and adult. But they do it the “old school” way. So, no sending emails with attached documents. This publisher wants paper submissions. Whoa!

If you have a manuscript that fits one of these genres and age categories, then be sure and check out their submission guidelines. And as always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Masterclass with Author Dan Brown

November 8, 2018Literary, Mentor Program, Webinar/WorkshopAngels & Demons, Authors, Book, Characters, Classes, Craft, Critique, Dan Brown, Gripping Narratives, Inferno, Learn, Lessons, Manuscripts, MasterClass, Mentoring, Opportunity, Story, Suspense, The Da Vinci Code, Thrillers, Tom Hanks, Writerspdpabst

Dan Brown will be teaching a Master Class. Dan Brown’s thrillers have sold more than 250 million copies, including The Da Vinci Code (which was made into a movie, with sequels starring Tom Hanks). In Dan’s Masterclass, he unveils his process for turning ideas into gripping narratives. He’ll teach you how to research for your story, craft characters, and sustain suspense.

Learn with one of the best with 19 lessons on writing vivid characters and realistic dialogue. There will be a workbook along with the videos, and Dan will critique select members of the class. You can enroll for $90. Have fun and learn lots!

P.D. Pabst

Blogger and writer of MG/Fiction

August 7, 2017LiteraryAuthors, Casablanca Imprint, Criteria, Eroctic, Fiction, Genres, Historical, Manuscripts, Paranormal, Publishing, Romance, Single Title, Sourcebooks, Subgenres, Submission, Suspense, Unagented, Writerspdpabst

Sourcebooks

While Sourcebooks only accepts virtually all agented submissions, they’re doors are wide open for romance fiction subs—even from unagented writers! They are acquiring single-title romance fiction for their Casablanca imprint. Some of the subgenres they’ll accept are:

paranormal romance
romantic suspense
contemporary romance
erotic romance
historical romance (prior to 1900 only)

Please note, this is not an exclusive list as they state they’ll consider all subgenres. The manuscripts they’re looking for should be between 85,000-100,000 words. For complete criteria and to learn how to submit, go here.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

#MenteesHelpingMentees has opened early!

June 25, 2017Contests, Literary#MenteesHelpingMentees, 140, Adult, Age Category, Authors, Blog, Community, Contemporary, Critiques, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Hashtag, Historical, Hopefuls, Manuscripts, Mentee, Mentees, Mentors, Middle Grade, Paranormal, Pitch Wars, Pitchwars, Query, Rafflecopters, Romance, Science Fiction, Share, Storytelling, Subgenre, Suspense, Ten Pages, Tweet, Upmarket, Women's Fiction, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

For all the Pitch Wars hopefuls this year, the class of 2016 mentees have gotten together to offer critiques to 140 writers on their query and first ten pages at Mentees Helping Mentees. They have created seven different Rafflecopters for writers to enter based on age category and a few sub/genres:

Middle Grade
Young Adult Contemporary and Historical
Young Adult Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Paranormal
Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy
Adult Romance
Adult Mystery & Suspense
Adult Other (Historical, Literary, Upmarket, Women’s Fiction)

The giveaway ends on July 2nd, 2017 at 12 am EST. Winners will be notified via Twitter on July 5th. Watch the #menteeshelpingmentees hashtag! Those selected will get their critiques back no later than July 24th (plenty of time to review before Pitch Wars submissions open on August 2nd).

What a fantastic thing for them to do! And remember this is a new thing, so tweet, share, and blog to spread the word. Good luck to all that enter!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

The Knight Agency Pitch Event

April 4, 2017Contests, Literary#TKA20, Agents, Authors, books, Deidre Knight, Elaine Spencer, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical, Janna Bonikowski, Kristy Hunter, LGBT, Manuscripts, Melissa Jeglinski, Middle Grace, Mysteries, Nephele Tempest, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Pamela Harty, Pitch Event, Romance, Suspense, The Knight Agency, Thrillers, Travis Pennington, Twitter, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

The Knight Agency is holding another twitter pitch event TOMORROW on April 5, 2017 from 9am-5pm EST. Use the hashtag #TKA20 and include your age category with genre. Do not pitch directly to the agents. Pitch the same way you’d pitch during #Pitmad and similar contests.

Some of the participating agents will be Deidre Knight, Pamela Harty, Elaine Spencer, Melissa Jeglinski, Travis Pennington, Nephele Tempest, Kristy Hunter, and Janna Bonikowski . Some things their excited to see are: women’s fiction, historical fiction, YA, MG, romance of all subgenres, LGBT fiction and m/m romance, thrillers, mysteries, suspense, nonfiction, and fantasy. And popular genre abbreviations are:

#RS=Romantic Suspense
#WF=Women’s Fiction
#HF=Historical Fiction
#YA=Young Adult
#MG=Middle Grade
#MC=Multicultural
#M=Mystery
#CM=Cozy Mystery
#LGBT=LGBT Fiction or Nonfiction
#MM=Male/Male Romance
#CR=Contemporary Romance
#PNR=Paranormal Romance
#INSP=Inspirational Fiction or Nonfiction
#NF=Nonfiction #MEM=Memoir

For complete details and to see what each agent is specifically wanting, go here. As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Miss Snark’s Secret Agent Contest

April 2, 2017Contests, LiteraryAdult Fiction, Authors, books, Contemporary, dreams, Entrants, Guidelines, Literary Agent, Manuscripts, Miss Snark's First Victim, New Adult Fiction, Opportunity, Romance, Secret Agent Contest, Stories, Submissions, Suspense, Thriller, Time Travel, Writers, Writing, Young-adult fictionpdpabst

Just a quick reminder that @AuthoressAnon is hosting her Secret Agent Contest tomorrow, Monday, April 3, 2017. She is the genius behind Miss Snark’s First Victim blog, which often hosts critique events and contests to help gain a literary agent.

Authoress

The submission window will be open from noon to 6pm EDT. The BOT will randomly select 50 entrants with 2 alternates. To enter, you’ll need the first 250 words from you polished and completed manuscript. (No unfinished stories, please!) This months accepted genres will be:

Romance (YA, NA, Adult)
Thriller (YA, NA, Adult)
Contemporary (YA, NA, Adult)
Time Travel (YA, NA, Adult)
Suspense (YA, NA, Adult)

So, get those words polished! You can find the entire information for submission guidelines on her website here. As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction

Witness Impulse Open Submissions

March 27, 2017LiteraryAuthors, dreams, Editors, Fiction, HarperCollins, Manuscripts, Mystery, novels, Opportunity, Publishers, Stories, Submissions, Suspense, Thriller, Witness Impulse, Writerspdpabst

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How exciting is it to know that one of the big five publishers has imprints that allow authors to submit without having an agent? Of course, I feel the need to stress that I’m a firm believer…

Source: Witness Impulse Open Submissions

Witness Impulse Open Submissions

March 14, 2016LiteraryEditors, Fiction, HarperCollins, Manuscripts, Mystery, Publishers, Submissions, Suspense, Thriller, Witness Impulse, Writerspdpabst

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How exciting is it to know that one of the big five publishers has imprints that allow authors to submit without having an agent? Of course, I feel the need to stress that I’m a firm believer in agents first, but sometimes there is a need to do submissions in reverse. So who am I to judge!

This digital imprint from HarperCollins called Witness Impulse is for mystery, suspense, and thriller lines. The imprint launched in 2013 and is already the publisher of bestselling authors like Agatha Christie, Stephen Booth, Susan McBride, and more. Go here to learn more and to submit your completed and polished manuscript.

As always, good luck.

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

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