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#IndieFab finalist ajdewall signs “Forever Man” at #OutWrite2015

I had a wonderful time at Outwrite, meeting readers and other authors. After the event, I went out to Busboys and Poets with the other Interlude Press authors in attendance, killianbrewer, lynncharlesnet, msmelissagraves, zane-riley and milamcwarren and sj-martin. 

The IP family is truly special. We all support each other, whether we are friends or merely acquaintances, and that is so rare in this industry. I was also excited to learn about some of their “maybe” books–ideas they are plotting, tinkering with and yes, even writing–that represent diverse protagonists. I’m so proud to be part of the IP family of authors.

I’m so glad you liked Forever Man. That story is close to my heart. 

No new novels in the works, sorry to say. If that changes, I’ll post something about it here. Thanks for your message. :)

interludepress:

interludepress:

Interlude Press is a proud sponsor of this year’s OutWrite LGBT Book Fair this Saturday in Washington DC, and we’ll be there along with many of our authors to sell and sign our books!

Stop by and meet some IP authors, including:

Killian B. Brewer (The Rules of Ever After)
Lynn Charles (Chef’s Table)
A.J. DeWall (Forever Man)
Melissa Graves (Bleeding Heart)
Mila McWarren (The Luckiest)
S.J. Martin (Summer Love, ‘The Most Handsome”)
Zane Riley (Go Your Own Way)

We’ll be announcing a signing schedule later this week, so watch our blog for details!

OutWrite is a celebration of LGBT Literature that runs Thursday through Saturday at the Reeves Center in Washington DC. 

MEET THE AUTHOR SCHEDULE:

11:30 am to 12:15 pm:      Lynn Charles
12:15 to 1 pm:                   KB Brewer
1 to 1:45 pm:                     Mila McWarren
1:45 to 2:30 pm:                AJ DeWall
2:30 to 3:15 pm:                Melissa Graves
3:15 to 4 pm:                     Zane Riley
4 to 4:45 pm:                     SJ Martin

We hope to see you there!

I’ll be at Outwrite tomorrow along with an amazing crew of Interlude Press and Duet authors. We have a full day of book signings. Come see us!

interludepress:

Interlude Press is now open for submissions of full-length novels through the end of the month.

We are looking for new, well-written, original novels featuring diverse LGBTQ characters. Novels may also be LGBTQ Young Adult or Erotic Romance.

Some guidelines:

Manuscripts must be 50,000 to 80,000 words in length and previously unpublished in any form.
Manuscripts should be in a form you consider final and edited to the best of your ability. If it’s something you would consider a “draft,” it should not be submitted.Please do not submit a manuscript that is also currently under submission to another publisher.  

There are also some things we are not looking for:

Non-ConGraphic sexual content involving minorsGay-for-PayBeastialityIncest

Submissions should include the following:

A cover letter pasted into the body of your email containing the title, genre or genres, word count and orientation of your lead characters. It should also include a one paragraph summary (like on the back cover of a book) and your complete contact information, including name (not pen name), email, address and phone number.
A one-page synopsis of your story, including the ending, submitted as a .doc or docx file.
A short bio, including a list of any published works and links to your social media, along with a brief statement on how you would promote your book.
Your edited and completed manuscript. Drafts will not be accepted.
Please submit only one manuscript.
Email your submission to submissions@interludepress.com between June 1 and June 30, 2015.

You’ll receive an automated email confirming our receipt of your submission. Due to the large volume of submissions, we are unable to answer queries about the status of your submission.

The submission mailbox is now open and will close on June 30th. We will not accept submissions received  after that period. Submissions that do not follow instructions will be deleted unread.

And one last thing from the attorneys:

So you’re interested in submitting your novel to Interlude Press? Great! We would love to see it, but we want you to know that we hear a lot of pitches and see a lot of drafts, novels and stories. Your submission may contain elements of stories that are already in our files or publishing pipeline, that others have pitched to us, or that will be pitched or submitted to us in the future.

In submitting your manuscript, draft, outline or proposal, you agree that providing this content to us does not create in IP an obligation to publish your story, or avoid publishing anyone else’s story even if it has similar elements, characters, locations or themes.

I don’t have a new book on deck, sorry to say. I’m thrilled you liked Forever Man. Thank you so much.

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Seen at #BEA15

Look at that!

Thank you so much! The scenes with Ren, Cole and Paul required extensive rewrites to get it right, and I’m so glad it worked for you. 

Thank you so much! The scenes with Ren, Cole and Paul required extensive rewrites to get it right, and I’m so glad it worked for you. 

Thank you so much! The scenes with Ren, Cole and Paul required extensive rewrites to get it right, and I’m so glad it worked for you. 

Thank you so much! The scenes with Ren, Cole and Paul required extensive rewrites to get it right, and I’m so glad it worked for you.