In a query letter, authors are often instructed to include the book's details -- title, word count, age category, and genre. This is to help the editor know internally where the book belongs in terms of imprints; it helps marketing know how to promote the book, and it helps booksellers know where to shelve your book in stores / libraries.
Recently, one of my authors asked me: Why would you send an R&R rather than offer a contract and work with the author on the issues during developmental or content edits? And I thought: What a great blog post idea! So, here we are 🙂 What exactly is an R&R? In publishing, an R&R stands [...]
We are pleased to introduce our newest Senior Editor, Stephanie Eding! Stephanie lives in small-town Ohio with her husband, two kids, and a plethora of cats. Her first YA novel, UNANCHORED, released in April, and she continues to write and edit her little heart out every day! With her English degree, Stephanie has worked as [...]
Please welcome Anaiah Press Editorial Director, Kara Leigh Miller. Kara is full of advice, tips and information about the editorial process for writers. 1. What does the Anaiah Press Editorial Director do? I think a simpler question would be what don't I do? Ha! I do a little bit of everything and fill in when [...]
We are pleased to introduce our newest Senior Editor, Cimone Watson! I love Jesus first, my family second, and everything else third. I'm a math nerd, movie nerd, linguistics nerd and book nerd. My family and I are a whole box of Nerds. I grew up in South Florida and attended college at the University [...]
We are pleased to introduce our newest Senior Editor, Lisa Dunn! Lisa lives in small town South Carolina with her husband, four beautiful children, and a big baby of a rescued boxer/lab. When she isn't hip-deep in homeschooling, she writes YA novels. Some of her all-time favorite authors are John Knowles, Daphne DuMaurier, the Brontes, [...]
Welcome back! We hope everyone had a relaxing and blessed Christmas and New Year. We've got a lot of exciting things happening at Anaiah this year... First, we are officially re-open to submissions! If you've got a story you think is perfect for us, send it our way. Please visit our Submissions page for details [...]
Last time I was here, I wrote about deal breakers, things authors can do to ensure they don’t get a full request or a contract offer. Today, I’m going to talk a bit about what happens when an editor sends that much anticipated email: Please send me the full! I can already hear the [...]
Hello everyone! I’m excited for my very first post on the Anaiah Press blog. I’m here today to tell you a little about myself and a lot about Anaiah Press and what’s in store for us (and our authors). About me: I’m an editor, Navy wife, and mother. I have almost 15 years combined experience [...]
Since joining the staff at Anaiah Press, I’ve read a lot of manuscripts. A bazillion, actually. Okay, so maybe I’m exaggerating a little, but seriously, all of our editors have been reading until we’re cross-eyed. We’ve been open for submissions for a little over 4 months now and we’ve received a total of 188 submissions [...]
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