Monday, April 7, 2014
My Publishing Journey- Part 2
If you missed part one of this post you can catch
up here. For the rest of you, let's
travel back to last May... after emailing Julia, she graciously put me in
contact with her wonderful publishing company Boys Town Press and I emailed
them my manuscript. Many people have asked me about the format needed for
manuscripts and the answer is different depending on the publishing company. I
typed mine up just like a typical paper and left breaks where I wanted the
pages to be. If you are considering sending in a manuscript I suggest you look
at that publishing companies’ guidelines for submission. Typically these are
located on their website.
Anyway, after sending in my manuscript I waited patiently.
Ha! Who am I kidding? I was a nervous wreck. I bet I checked my email 20
times every day. Then, a week or two later I checked my email and saw that there was an email from one of the Directors at Boys
Town Press. I opened the email so quickly that I didn’t have anytime to think
about what it might say. Once I started reading it I saw that it asked if we
could set up a time to talk. I was shocked! They wanted to talk to me? At first
I stared at the computer smiling in amazement and then I hit print (I think I needed
proof that this actually just happened). Of course I danced around my room for
a while and then I ran and called my husband who is used to my crazy antics. He
was really excited too, but probably just as shocked as I was.
After I got off the phone with him, the worry set
in. What if they didn't like my book? What if they were just going to give me
some advice? Either way, it was better than nothing so I allowed myself a few
minutes to fret and then I went back to dancing.
Several weeks later we had our first phone
conference and it was clear to me that they liked my book and wanted to publish
it. After that initial phone conference we had several more to nail down
specifics about content and eventually illustrations. I have to say
that seeing your written word interpreted by an illustrator has been the most
exciting part of this process. Tune in next week to hear more about the
illustration process.
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stephiemccumbee.com
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