Hi Robin,
do they have it now? Sure glad you found out. Best wishes with that.
Doralynn
Sleeping With Skeletons
http://www.doralynn.net/skeletons.html
Coming October 2, 2009
That's great news! Quick too -- which is more like the WR. Hope you hear positive news soon.Yes, they finally have it and requested the full today.
That's great news! Quick too -- which is more like the WR. Hope you hear positive news soon.
By the way, if they offer you a contract, the artists are required to have book covers completed within 3 weeks. So you could soon be admiring your novel's cover!
Doralynn
Sleeping With Skeletons
http://www.doralynn.net/skeletons.html
Coming October 2, 2009
No kidding! It's so much fun to see a new cover.
(but they did say to allow 90 days to hear back)
That's what they told me too, but I heard back in less than two weeks. I submitted to the Crimson Rose Line in April, and the novel is scheduled for release on October 2nd. That's fast. It had originally been scheduled for April 30, 2010, but the date was changed to this year. I couldn't be happier with WRP. Now that they have your submission, I hope your experience with them is as positive as mine has been.
Doralynn
Sleeping With Skeletons
http://www.doralynn.net/skeletons.html
Coming October 2, 2009
I've had to, worse luck. I've re-sold two of them, and I'm either cringing or saying, "Hmm, not half bad!"
Probably without good reason in either event.
I'm curious how that works. When you resubmit something (I assume to the same publisher after the contract has expired) can you make changes?Exactly! I just re-submitted 2 previously published novellas. One was much better than I recall, and the other not so much.
I'm curious how that works. When you resubmit something (I assume to the same publisher after the contract has expired) can you make changes?
Thanks Lainey. That's good to know. I need to check my contract because I don't remember if WRP has an auto-renewal clause or not. I had to make a lot of changes to Sleeping With Skeletons, (including some rearranging and a deleted chapter), and someday I'd like to get it published in its original genre. (It was originally a thriller with strong romantic elements.) But I made changes to it to get it published with WRP's Crimson Rose Line. Thanks for the information. Very good to know. DoralynnHey, sumthinirote, in my experience most contracts have an auto-renewal clause for a specified period of time, meaning if the author doesn't send notification to the publisher that they don't wish to renew, the book stays where it is and there is no need to 'resubmit' to remain on the publisher site.
If, however, you think your book would fare better with a different publisher and you want rights back, the contract ends at your notification and you are free to tweak/rewrite to your hearts content before you query another publisher (at which time, if 'new publisher' accepts you, you go through edits for their publishing house)
Mileage may vary and all that jazz. Like I said, that's been my experience.
Thanks Jersey Chick. Now I have another question. What is EC? I should probably know that, but I'm really new to all of this. I'm racking my brain trying to figure it out, but it's been a long, hot day, and my brain refuses to cooperate at this point.I've seen books on publisher sites (Like EC, for example) that state a book is a re-release and has undergone some changes.