The Importance Of Following The Guidelines Of Manuscript Submission To A Publisher

You've written your book, researched multiple publishers and decided on where you'd like to submit your work based on your findings. Now what?

It’s been noted recently that many authors who submit their stories for consideration are not appropriately following the publisher requested guidelines for manuscript submission.

At Naughty Nights Press  the guideline requirements can be found on our blog, here: http://naughtynightspress.blogspot.com/p/submission-calls.html

What does this mean for you as a writer? For your story when you send it in to NNP or any publisher for that matter? What happens when you send the wrong format or do not fill out the requested information on the cover letter within the body of the email?

Chances are, it means the acquisitions editor may never see your story. Yes, it likely gets tossed in the trash. 

Why?

Because we have requested these guidelines be followed for a number of reasons, the first and most important one being to make our job easier.

We requested your story sent in .DOC format. Why?

Because any other format does not retain the formatting required on the submission when it’s opened for review in our applications. Period.

We request certain information be included in the body of your email. Why?

Because we need this information to assist us in making a determination as to whether your story is of interest to us, who you are with your multi-pseudonyms and how many manuscripts you currently have open with us, among several other reasons.

We ask that you format your story with certain fonts, spacing, and other formatting. Why?

Because this saves us having to wipe out the formatting on your story and redo the entire thing to fit our typesetting style on the ebook conversion files or settings for print books. It also makes reading through your submission or editing it, easier. This reduces the amount of time required to tend to those issues if you've not followed our request.

What is the risk you take each time you don’t follow our request?

You may get lucky if one of our admin is feeling particularly nice the day he comes across your email, and he may send it back to you noting the concern, what is missing from the submission, and requesting you resend. However, this can still put your work farther back in the “FCFS” (First come, first served) queue that we work on here at NNP. OR, it may get dumped immediately in the trash as the admin have been instructed to do.

Why have the admin members been told to send these unsavoury emails to the garbage?

Because when we make a request for things in a submission, we expect them to be followed. We do not have time to fix things, make allowances, send emails back and forth between the admin and the author to get something done correctly from information that is right there in print on a publicly accessible page.

Because other writers who are waiting their turn on consideration of their works have followed our request to the letter and we don’t feel it’s fair to them to continuously expect them to follow the rules, yet make allowances for others.

Why should these other writers have to wait while you figure out what you should have done before you even hit the send button? What makes you think you are so important that you can forgo the requests NNP has made of EVERYONE who submits their works?

Because a simple thing like following these instructions can indicate to NNP how well you read, comprehend information and can relay that into your works. The process can show us how hard it may be to get you to understand the requested edits on your works. It shows us how much importance you place on attention to detail, and if you will reflect that high quality standard in the manuscript you are submitting.

There are so many factors to our reason for asking writers to follow a few simple guidelines. One of the most important ones, though, is RESPECT. Respect for your acquisitions editor. Respect for your fellow writers. Respect for your work and yourself as an author.

So, the next time you have a manuscript that you have double checked, triple checked, and gone over so thoroughly to ensure there are no errors or omissions that the words are blurring on the page, and you feel you could read your work in your sleep, STOP. DO NOT HIT SEND. WAIT.

Take the little extra amount of time and review the submissions guidelines to see if you’ve followed them as we’ve asked. Be confident that your work will pass the necessary “test” and actually get reviewed for consideration for publication at NNP. And, once you’ve done that, THEN, and only then, should you hit that button.

Once again, here is that special, simple little link: http://naughtynightspress.blogspot.com/p/submission-calls.html

You will find all you need to know at the bottom of the page under our current submissions calls. Additionally, you will find any changes to the requests that we may have made since the last time you looked at our guidelines.

This little bit of extra time you take can be the difference between an acceptance and you wondering what on earth happened to your submission. Give your manuscript the respect it deserves. Follow all requested publisher guidelines.

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Writers, Do you ever wish publishers would just listen?? Well at NNP we hear you! We know what you want! Come and get it!

Need a good home for that hot new manuscript?  
Multiple rejections without even a word to the why?  
Know that you need a publisher willing to go that extra mile and work with you on marketing and promo?  
Willing to do ebook publishing but afraid to go it alone?
 
If you answered yes to ANY one of these questions then you need NNP!

NNP, short for Naughty Nights Press, is a multi-genre, small epublisher who specializes in erotic, erotic paranormal and contemporary erotic romance.  

BUT
 
We do more then just erotica.  

If it's got love - we want it, sex - we crave it, kinky stuff - we live for it, exceptional style, plot and characters - we will consider it!

From horror novels to fantasy romance, romantic time travel to seasonal anthologies and exceptional action packed adventures!  

At NNP we welcome both established and aspiring authors to submit their work. To get that first start or a fresh start!
Simultaneous submissions to other houses are acceptable as long as you keep us in the loop!  

NNP employees are also authors themselves so we know the hard work you put into your books.  We know the pain of rejection and the trial of finding "the one" house that will treat your baby right!
We see things from "the other side of the coin".

Naughty Nights Press would love to see if your baby is a fit for our family!  Send in your submission today!

For more information please visit our website at http://naughtynightspress.com

Check Out This Naughty Call For Submissions for Ménage M/M/F, M/M/M/F, sub-genre of Erotica.

Attention All Erotic Writers: Check Out This Naughty Call For Submissions for Ménage M/M/F, M/M/M/F, sub-genre of Erotica.

Does the idea of two or three men and a woman, having hot, consensual, steamy, earth shattering sex, bring you to your knees, make your thong damp and stretch your boxers out? Does it make your heart beat faster and your mind wander into explicit naughty places it really shouldn’t be headed right now?

Well our readers agree so we are gonna give ‘em what they crave!

Can you write a short story that has all participants enjoying each other, not leaving a single one out in any way and will make the reader feel as though they are one of the characters, begging for more and do it between 2500 to 5000 words, becoming one of Naughty Nights Press, Next Generation of Erotic Romance Writers?

Of course you can!

All submissions due in no later than May 31st, 2011.
Please send your submissions to Naughty Nights Press submissions@naughtynightspress.com

For submission and formatting requirements please go to our “How To Submit to NNP” page for further details.

Naughty Nights Press: The Next Generation of Erotic And Paranormal Romance Publishing. Pushing The Naughty Limits And Taking Our Readers To The Next Level Of Eroticism.

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AfterDark Online Adult Community Presented by Naughty Nights Press!!

AfterDark Online was launched on October 11th, 2010 and offers a place for writers to submit their Erotic stories.

Submitting stories to AfterDark Online does not require you to be a member but if you wish to participate in the Forum or view our hot, risqué pictures that have been posted, then we will require you to sign up for a membership.

AfterDark Online has been growing steadily with memberships and Erotic stories that will melt your socks off since its inception.

Why not come along and have a read of the Erotic stories that have been submitted and take the plunge and become a member! Participate in the topics on the forum and view the delicious photos that will leave your heart pounding for more.


Why wait? Visit us on AfterDark Online right now! You must be at least 18 to view the site.

New Marketing and Research Director for Naughty Nights Press!

Naughty Nights Press excitedly welcomes the sexy, knowledgeable and very talented Ms. Vampirique Dezire to our new management team, as our new Volunteer Marketing and Research Director!


A recently published author, Ms. Dezire will head operations for the search of both aspiring and established authors to join the NNP writing team in addition to her duties for marketing both current and new releases for the NNP authors.

Ms. Dezire began as a hobby writer with a forum of her own and the challenge of writing personalized fantasy work for friends upon request. After meeting with like minded authors and individuals, Ms. Dezire has cultivated her skills as an author and marketing specialist to become a valued extraordinarily brilliant woman and published author who understands the aspiring author's need to have a platform where they can display and critique their work.

In addition, she is a moderator on the Mistress Journals Erotic Stories Forum where she assists in the day to day overseeing of the forum and ensuring that only quality, spam free posts are available for the reading pleasure of the forum members.

Ms. Dezire enjoys filling her day, and most nights, with the new challenges of mentoring and assisting other authors in the attainable dream of going from a hobby writer to a published author as she continues to pursue and achieve her own recently modified writing goals.

Naughty Nights Press knows the advantage of having someone of such ability on our team and we cannot wait to see what the future brings with Ms. Dezire.

We look forward to all she has to offer in the coming launch and digital publishing years!

Congratulations Ms. Dezire!! Welcome to NNP!





About Vampirique Dezire:

Vampirique Dezire is the cheeky pen name that this Australian grandmother chooses to go by. Vampirique's chosen genre is erotica and she has been published online at Between the Sheets, Mistress Journals Erotic Stories Forum and Every Night Erotica.
Vampirique is waiting for the release of one of her stories published in an Anthology called, Gotta Have It: 69 Stories of Sudden Sex to be released in February 2011 and another story to be released in a yet to be named anthology with Naughty Nights Press in July 2011 for their official launch.





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Intimate Author Interview with CJ Black today!

CJ Black joins Naughty Nights Press today to share with her fans a sneak peak into a little bit of the intimate details of her regular daily life and her successes as an author, in particular her recent release “Illusions of Night”. Welcome CJ.




1. Tell us a little about yourself.

I’m an author of erotic fiction, usually male/male, although I have a few male/female stories online. I usually write fantasy or contemporary. My most recent work, Illusion of Night is available through Liquid Silver Books. When I’m not writing (or working) I’m gaming, usually RPG’s.
When it’s warm out, I garden. I grow pretty much everything, flowers, fruits and vegetables. And fresh vegetables are good for my other hobby, cooking. I’m a bit of a homebody, although I don’t mind the occasional outing.

2. When did you realize you wanted to be an author?

Well I didn’t officially realize it until I was a teenager however I developed a love for books and writing at a much earlier age – five to be exact. I began writing when my aunt gave me an old typewriter (yes I know I’m dating myself) and I created these little super-hero story books with whatever blank paper I could find. They were very bad little efforts that I thought were the greatest thing in the world. I suppose we could call them early tries at fan-fiction.
I wrote my first novel at fourteen after a friend gave me an ad for a publisher, which unfortunately turned out to be a vanity press (we still use the term correct?). Realize that back then there was no Internet or Google for me to check these places. I look back on that now and I know the work was in no way ready for publication and I’m glad I dodged that bullet.

3. What was the first fiction you ever wrote? Was it for publication? What reaction did you get?

The first fiction I wrote was definitely not for publication, see above. The first full-length novel I wrote was a young adult mystery, which I was really into and was very popular at the time. I actually wrote several of these, which were well liked by my peers, unfortunately, the publishers weren’t as enthusiastic.
I also would write short stories and put the names of my friends as the protagonists. They were also very well received.
I was given a lot of encouragement and editing by my English teacher and her husband who taught lit at the local university. I appreciate their help to this day. I wish I knew where they were so I could thank them.

4. What author or book, if any, influenced your writing? Why?

Well for erotica, there are several but the one author that first piqued my interest in the genre was Claire Thompson. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed everything she’s written. I suppose I could say she has a flare for making her stories and characters real. They’re not perfect, they have flaws and they grow and change throughout the story. They make mistakes.
I believe your characters should be as human as possible. We all do thing that defy common sense but the point is to learn.

5. What is your most & least favorite part of writing?

Editing! It drives me crazy! We as writers believe everything we write is perfect as is when deep down we know it’s not. We know we have to take a red pen to our pride and joy, our perfect little baby. I suppose coming in second is writing that first sentence. Sometimes, the perfect one comes to me and other times…

6. Do you have a ritual to get you ready to write? Something special you do to psyche you up?

I don’t have a ritual per se but I do like listening to music. Usually something New Age or Jazz oriented in the background. Other times, I’ll actually stream a video or TV show but that’s seldom as it proves to be a distraction. I also like to have snacks nearby. I’ll write for a few hours then take a break so I don’t burn out.
Awhile back I would get up early, write for an hour, then when I came home from work write from six to eleven. I want to get back to doing that.

7. After writing for hours at a time how do you relax?

Like in the previous question, I’ll stream a video or play a game. If it’s spring or summer, I’ll go out and sit in my garden for awhile. I actually want to get a laptop soon so I can write outside on nice days.

8. Where do you write?

In my home office. Everything I need is nearby. My reference books and music. My drawing pad and pencils which I use to do maps and interiors. And the bookcases with the three hundred plus books I own.

9. Does your environment have an impact on what or how you write?


Yes. If I’m out and about and an idea pops into my head I can pretty much block out everything around me and focus on the story. Now there are also times, when what’s going on around me can give me an idea. Perhaps a conversation overheard or something I see around me.
A good example of this is my car broke down awhile back and the tow-truck driver gave me a ride to the mechanic shop, all the while, he’s telling me about how he started the business and how they’re about to expand. He was your average working guy and I thought, what if he picks up some stuffy suit who doesn’t want to interact but is forced too? Could the two of then develop an attraction?

10. What is your opinion of writer's groups? Do you find them helpful? And how did you find yours if you have one?

I think they can be of enormous help if you find the right one. It’s always good to have people who can give you feedback and help you get through the rough spots. I’m not part of one at this time. I unfortunately had a few bad experiences in writer’s groups in the past. The people who ran them pretty much didn’t have any set rules and basically let their close friends do and say whatever they chose to the newcomers. Some of it was pretty brutal.
If you’re going to join a group, make certain there’s some type of leadership structure and/or rules of conduct and if you feel you’ve been wronged, a grievance committee.

11. What are some of your pet peeves in life?

People who take and don’t want to give in return. Or those that want sympathy when they have problems but don’t have time to lend a shoulder to cry on when the other person needs one. Also those that feel the world owes them and they don’t believe they should have to work hard to get what they want.

12. What is your advice to aspiring writers?

The same advice I give every time – write for yourself first and then for others. If you don’t like what you’ve written, no one else will either. Don’t try and copy another writer’s style. That’s the worst advice I was ever given. You’ll never be able to do it and it will only frustrate you.
Develop your own style where you feel reasonably comfortable with everything you write. And take care of your readers. They’re the reason you’re where you are today.

13. What can you tell us about your newest book?

My most recent release is Illusion of Night. A male/male fantasy erotic. Here’s the blurb:

A spectral war has torn the veils that separate life and death into pieces. Beings of the darkness slip through these rifts as armies of man wage a losing battle against the corporeal invaders.

Dane Tanderes was once a mortal man condemned to an unjust death, cursed to live as a fiend until such time as the gods decree him worthy of forgiveness. Now that he has escaped back to the world of the living he is determined to never again live in darkness. Dane is instrumental in the war against those he once called brethren, fighting to give his people a chance return to the light.

Vanlyn Sarn is the second son of a cruel lord. He lives a life of one of misery and degradation, despised by his brother and father for reasons known only to them. He is tasked by his father to journey deep into enemy territory and escort troops to aid in the fighting. However, Vanlyn knows the true nature of this mission. He is not expected to return.

When Dane takes Vanlyn prisoner, he plans to use the young prince as a pawn to seduce Vanlyn into betraying his kingdom and his people. But passion ignites red hot and Dane is torn between his burgeoning feelings for the young prince and doing what his honor demands. Which decision will lead him to what he desires most?

You can read a the first chapter at: http://www.liquidsilverbooks.com/books/illusionofnightexcerpt.htm

And here’s some additional news! I’ve started on the sequel! As some of you may know, I had a PC crash last month and it took all my works with it. It’s taken me a bit to get things together but now I’m ready to get back into the swing of things. Wish me luck!

14. Is there anything else you would like to add that we might have missed here today?

Well I like to hear from fellow writers and readers all the time! I’m pretty much everywhere, so feel free to drop me a line if you like. Here are the places where I spend most of my time:

My blog, Black Satin: http://cjblacksatin.blogspot.com/
My site: http://cjblack.net/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000406804369
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/cjblacksatin

And my publisher Liquid Silver Books: http://www.liquidsilverbooks.com/

If you go to my blog or site you can find places where I have my free reads throughout the net. Can’t wait to hear from you!

And my thanks to you, Gina for giving me this opportunity. I had a blast!


You are very welcome CJ. Naughty Nights Press, our fans and I were thrilled to have this opportunity to learn more about you today. I know I speak for us all when I say it was nice to know more about CJ. Black, the person, and the author.

Best of luck to you in your future endeavours and we hope to see you back here real soon!

*kisses*
Gina

Naughty Nights Press (NNP): Who We Are and What We Do

Erotica has changed it's beat. Its now blazing hot, more stimulating and a whole lot more provocative then ever before!






Naughty Nights Press (NNP)is the voice of the next generation of "hot" digital erotic and paranormal romance writers.


Specializing in the creation of erotic and erotic paranormal romance. We will be producing scandalously daring, virtually dangerous short stories and e-books that will take you to the ultimate edge, of hot, provocative, steamy reading pleasure, without plummeting you into the depths of depravity.



Owners Gina Kincade and Faith Knight bring you this vivacious, audacious, sensational opportunity in the form of a new unconventional and extraordinary digital publisher!


We have a multitude of previously published and aspiring authors who will be part of the NNP family and sharing their wickedly exotic paranormal and sinfully naughty nighttime adult e-books and e-stories for download to readers starting in July 2011.



We go one step more for our authors then some other publishers!

To assist our authors in marketing:
We have an extensive list of reviewers available to read the e-books/e-stories just prior to publishing and give their thoughts and opinions for others to see!


We offer posting of advance reviews of our new releases on multiple websites/blogs and Facebook fan pages as well as with Yzhabella, our personal Goddess of Nyx and her incredible reviews site at http://yzhabellasbookshelf.blogspot.com




If you would like to be a part of this new, fresh and spunky generation, are an established or aspiring author who is not afraid to take a walk on the wild side without a safety net, then submit your writing for our consideration NOW at MJS@mistressjournals.com


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