Now that I wrote it, who do I send it to?

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Ok, Ok, so now you’ve written it, what’s next? Submitting it to publishers of course. But wait! Your next step must be to locate a publisher who’s interested in the genre that you write in. Mystery? Fantasy? Children’s? Sci-Fi? Not just any old publisher will do. You’ve got to search them out, check on their submittal requirements, see if they accept submittals by email and lots of other incidentals that are so important in getting a publishers attention.

Where do you find all this info? Well, searching the web is the best way to go but it can be time consuming and frustrating. What if I were to tell you there is a site that allows you to type in the genre, pay scale, submittal info and even links to the publishers website? There is such a place, I accidentally ran into it while surfing the other day. It’s called Duotrope. Now some of you may already know of this site, but some of us Newbies may not. The website is located at http://www.duotrope.com/digest.
Give it a visit, I’m sure you’ll be glad you did. Until next time, Nameste… Aelf

Sites to see, places to go and groups to join

My Writing Friend: mailto:writingfriend@yahoo.com
Nick Daws Writers Circle:Click link on this page.
Writing Workshop: http://sff.onlinewritingworkshop.com/
Newbie Writers: http://www.newbiewriters.com/
Writers Prompts: http://writingfix.com/
Duotrope Digest: http://www.duotrope.com/digest.

I’ll be adding to the above list as time goes on and I find more newbie friendly sites.