by Marta Stephens
Member since:
May 24, 2007

Surviving the Submissions Process

June 15, 2008 11:01 PM EDT
views: 33 | rating: 10/10 (9 votes) | comments: 11

June 16's guest bloggers on MURDER BY 4 is Cait Meyer, publisher of BeWrite Books (UK). If you write fiction, her article titled "Surviving the Submissions Process will be of interest to you.

The Friday, June 20 guest is Darden North. An obstetrician/gynecologist from Jackson, Mississippi and author of three medical thrillers who will share his views about blogging.  

Hope you'll have a chance to stop by!  

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Comments: 11

Vana R. Jun 15, 2008, 11:24pm EDT
Thanks Marta! I always enjoy reading your blog. You always have the most interesting guests.
Bonnie F. Jun 15, 2008, 11:32pm EDT
I'll stop by and check out your blog. Thanks for the information and even though I'm not a writer, I'm sure it will be very interesting.
Lori F. Jun 15, 2008, 11:35pm EDT
Marta I will have to check it out. I am finally at a point where I can start reading you book. I will let you know when I finish it and I am still sending it to you for an autograph.

Lori
Lisa K. Jun 15, 2008, 11:50pm EDT
Sounds interesting, Marta. I'll definitely check it out.
Marta Stephens Jun 16, 2008, 9:24am EDT
Vana, thanks so much for posting your comment on MB4. Cait is my publisher and aside from being a very savvy individual, she's a truly wonderful person. I'm very fortunate to be with BeWrite.

By the way, I know some people were having problems posting on Blogspot. I changed the setting so if you're still having problems, let me know.

Hi Bonnie and Lisa, thanks for stopping by!

and Lori!! Thank you. I'm always eager to receive reader comments on my book. I'll be more than happy to autograph it for you. Let me know when you're ready. :)
A. F. Stewart Jun 16, 2008, 10:57am EDT
Thanks, I'll try and check it out.
Vivian A. Jun 16, 2008, 11:24am EDT
Great topic Marta. Thanks.
Christine L. Jun 16, 2008, 5:55pm EDT
Thanks for the invite!

Thanks for submitting to Writers Learning the Writing Game.
Amy H. Jun 16, 2008, 7:25pm EDT
Thanks for posting your content to the group: We comment back
This is a wonderful article by Cait at BeWrite Books. I highly recommend it for anyone who's about to consider submitting a manuscript!
Marta Stephens Jun 17, 2008, 11:58am EDT
Hi all, if you haven't checked the comments on the MB4 post, Cait Myers responded as follows to a question about how many MS the firm recieves per year and what percentage of those MS are published:

"I would say over 1000 submissions, so about 2 or 3 every day. Of those about 25% are rejected immediately because people haven't read the submission requirements. And we publish approximately 12 books a year. So it is a high rejection rate."

Those are interesting stats.

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