email submission

[DJP]

This is a bit from the writer's guidelines I'm trying to follow:

Manuscripts must be typewritten and double-spaced. Please provide your name, address, and telephone number on the title page, as well as the word count of your work. Print your name on every page of the manuscript. Please send complete manuscripts, or, if this is not possible, a minimum of 3 chapters. Unless you are a professional artist, please do not send illustrations with your manuscript.

Each submission must be accompanied by a cover letter, a resume, and a synopsis of the story.

Send your submission by mail to the address given below, or email (editorialintern@lobsterpress.com) them. Stories sent by fax will not be considered.




I'd like to email my submission, and I'm assuming I should include a cover letter, resume, and synopsis. I've never done a resume for my writing before; won't a lot of the info be repeated between the resume and cover letter? And, what kind of formatting would be best? The ms is under 700 words, should I send it as an attachment exactly as I'd print it out if I were to mail it? Thanks for helping this newbie.:o

[DJP]

I'm wondering, what kind of a cover letter do you use for emailing submissions? I'd really appreciate some examples, or any kind of advice. I don't want to start off by offending an editor or looking like an email etiquette know nothing.:eek:

[priceless1]

This is a bit from the writer's guidelines I'm trying to follow:

Manuscripts must be typewritten and double-spaced. Please provide your name, address, and telephone number on the title page, as well as the word count of your work. Print your name on every page of the manuscript. Please send complete manuscripts, or, if this is not possible, a minimum of 3 chapters. Unless you are a professional artist, please do not send illustrations with your manuscript.

Each submission must be accompanied by a cover letter, a resume, and a synopsis of the story.

Send your submission by mail to the address given below, or email (editorialintern@lobsterpress.com) them. Stories sent by fax will not be considered.


I'd like to email my submission, and I'm assuming I should include a cover letter, resume, and synopsis. I've never done a resume for my writing before; won't a lot of the info be repeated between the resume and cover letter? And, what kind of formatting would be best? The ms is under 700 words, should I send it as an attachment exactly as I'd print it out if I were to mail it? Thanks for helping this newbie.:o

DJP, a cover letter is an introduction to you and your work. It’s brief and to the point, and yes, some of the information will be redundant when they go to read your in-depth bio and synopsis.

Basically, an editor wants to get a feel for you and your work. They want it short and sweet and informative. There is a real art to writing a good synopsis and it can make or break whether an editor will ask for more.



Your resume (bio) doesn’t have to be like a job resume. They simply want to know what ties you to your writing, including any previous publications, or specific background/qualifications that are relevant to your work.



I’d send your cover letter, bio, synopsis, and completed work (print ready formatting) as attachments in a Word file. In the body of the email say something like, “Per your submission guidelines, please find cover letter, bio, synopsis and manuscript attached to this email.”



Good luck!

[DJP]

Thank you, it's on the way!