Lyrical Press

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Aside from Sharp Bite of Pleasure's summer availability, White Lies by Rachel Green (GLBT erotic romance) releases tomorrow, actually. Lyrical also published an urban fantasy GLTB by Ms. Green this past October (2012).

http://lyricalpress.com/white-lies/

http://lyricalpress.com/sons-of-angels/

Can I just say I love your covers. Gorgeous!

Hi Erika,

Thank you so much! I do most of the covers myself, so I take that as a personal compliment.

I'm on your site, actually, and love Becoming Undead's cover. Can you please email at [email protected] when this book becomes available? If not, please just let me know the release date so I can watch out for it when it releases.

Awesome, Renee. Glad you liked it. I just hit you up via email

Hi everyone...

Breezing though again to post this link in case anyone was curious about Lyrical - and my nervous ramblings about the industry.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bernadettewalsh/2013/02/18/nice-girls-readingnaughty-books--renee-rocco

I really was extremely nervous and rambled a bit, but overall, it was very fun to talk with Bernadette Walsh.

Submissions Call: Erotic Romance [Urban Fantasy]

Submissions Call: Erotic Romance [Urban Fantasy]

Urban Fantasy – Sub-genre of fantasy defined by a fantastic narrative in an urban setting. Although usually set in contemporary modern times and contain supernatural elements, stories can take place in historical, futuristic, or fictional settings. The prerequisite is the key setting must primarily be a city.

• Sensuality level: Burning
• Required word count: 30,000 - 95,000 words
• Key Characteristics: Edgy erotic romance set primarily in an urban city. Strong sexual relationship between main
• characters. Multiple partners acceptable. Elements of bondage and S&M that explore the dominant/submissive roles of a BDSM relationship welcome. GLBT welcome.
• Deadline: None

http://lyricalpress.com/submission-guidelines/

https://lyricalpress.submittable.com/submit

Go ahead and try to shock us. We dare you.

Live pitch sessions

Pitch to the Publisher: Monday, March 25 at 7:30 pm EST

Renee Rocco, president and CEO of Lyrical Press, is now reserving five spots for live ten minute pitch sessions via video chat.

• Date: Monday, March 25, 2013
• Time: 7:30 EST
• Available pitch sessions: 5
• Deadline to reserve a pitch session: Wednesday, March 20th
• Contact: [email protected]
• Required equipment: Video chat capabilities on your computer, table, or mobile phone
• Genres: Romance and erotic romance only

Lyrical's first Pitch to the Publisher was such a raging success (and so much fun!), I'm opening one up for April - and quite possibly making this a monthly event.

Pitch to the Publisher: Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Renee Rocco, president and CEO of Lyrical Press, is now accepting reservations for April's Pitch to the Publisher event.

http://lyricalpress.com/2013/03/26/pitch-to-the-publisher-april-16-2013/

Hi everyone...

Breezing through again! I'd like to let you know I'm setting up an informal video chat Coffee With the Publisher. If you'd like to participate please email at [email protected].

Coffe With the Publisher: An informal Video Chat Q&A with Renee Rocco
Date: April 2013, with exact date to be announced
Time: 7:30 pm EST - 8:30 EST
Required Equipment: Audio and video capabilities
Deadline to reserve an invite: April 16, 2013
Open to ten participants on a first come/first reserve basis

Sit down with Renee Rocco, president and CEO of Lyrical Press, via video chat for a one hour informal Q&A. Bring your favorite cup of coffee and wear your most confortable sweats...and be prepared to put the publisher in the hot-seat!

Entice is Lyrical’s newest line of contemporary erotic romance. Readers can expect scorching character driven stories centering around unforgettable alpha males paired with strong females who gradually grows into their sexuality.

Length: 35,000 – 65,000
Price: $3.99

Lyrical is seeking realistic characters and engaging plots, set in a modern-day environment. Most of all, Entice books are red-hot with a healthy splash of wit.

Entice Key Characteristics

• Contemporary erotic romance
• Realistic characters set in engaging situations
• Character driven stories heavy on the sexual and emotional relationship of the main characters
• Tones range from flirty and fun to edgy and dark
• Light BDSM welcome
• Happily-Ever-After or Happily-For-Now required
• Word count – 35,000 – 65,000 words
• Submit to Entice here: https://lyricalpress.submittable.com/submit/20509

Heroine

• Aged between 25 and 35 years
• Strong and capable but sexually modest
• Gradually grows into her sexuality throughout the course of the story

Hero

• Aged between 25 and 40 years
• Alpha male; protective; high-powered or heroic career
• Confident in his sexuality

Entice books are the perfect marriage of thrilling sexual situations and captivating romance. Entice is an erotic romance line only. All popular romantic tropes are welcome. Entice books can be standalone or part of a series. Entice does not include holiday, paranormal, historical, fantasy, or science-fiction works.

Thanks for the info.

I was so sad when this publisher stopped publishing YA! I absolutely loved their covers.

I just signed a contract with Lyrical for my BDSM erotic romance In the Rain.

To give an idea on the timeframe:

March 28th - subbed my manuscript
April 5th - received an offer

Asked for a week to contact other publishers

Signed with Lyrical this afternoon (around 2 weeks after submission).

I don't know how I missed Lyrical press in my last round a queries. Submitted today; hope I get good news back soon!

Renee, maybe you can answer this: I was told via Facebook that the current sub time is 8 weeks. True? What is the running submission time?

Hello Elindsen. Thank you for your interest in Lyrical.

Lyrical's turnaround time for submissions is 2 - 4 weeks. You can find our guidelines here, along with our current submission turnaround time.

http://lyricalpress.com/submission-guidelines/

If you have any other questions, please contact me directly at [email protected], as my schedule makes it difficult to check this site regularly. I would hate to miss any additional questions you may have.

Going forward, Lyrical will focus on erotic romance, with a tremendous push of category erotic romance. Sure, we know other houses are doing category, but we're going where not many have ventured. Lyrical will dare to put a new spin on classic category romance. Rather than fear putting a toe past the invisible line and stop at steamy, we're going straight to erotic romance. Since Lyrical has always been an equal opportunity publisher, we welcome LGBT writers to contribute to Fervor, a line specifically branded for LGBT category contemporary erotic romance.

Lyrical loves breaking rules. With that in mind, we're increasing the ‘traditional’ category word count to 50,000 - 80,000 words. This ensures every category book will have a simultaneous digital and print release.

In fact, every Lyrical book over 50,000 words will have a simultaneous digital and print release beginning November 2013.

Each category line will be a fully branded and unique Lyrical Press imprint.

Entice: Category contemporary erotic romance [Entice]
Enigma: Category contemporary suspense erotic romance [Enigma]
Fervor: LGBT category contemporary erotic romance [Fervor]

Will we still publish non-erotic romance? Absolutely. Non-erotic romance will be published under the umbrella of Lyrical Presents: Romance. This will tell readers, at a glance, these are non-erotic books. These books will carry an unobtrusive branding, that will not intrude on the beauty of Lyrical's cover art. I know that might be a concern for some of you, who come to Lyrical specifically for our cover art.

Lyrical will also open our house to erotic romance serials. These are books 90,000 - 150,000 words. Serials will be released monthly in 25,000 word installments, attractively priced at $1.99 each. Each serial must be fully edited prior to being broken up into installments.*With serials, we want your taboo stories. We want danger, excitement. Shock us. I dare you.

Are these just on going calls with no deadlines?

Hi Lisa,

Thank you for your interest in Lyrical's newest lines. Entice, Enigma, and Fervor are permanent additions. There are no deadlines for these lines. Lyrical is looking to offer readers a fresh, edgy, and erotic spin on the classic category novel.

Lyrical Press calls for submissions.

http://lyricalpress.com/submission-guidelines/

All books 45,000 words and over are released simultaneously in print and ebook.

Urban Fantasy erotic romance – Sub-genre of fantasy defined by a fantastic narrative in an urban setting. Although usually set in contemporary modern times and contain supernatural elements, stories can take place in historical, futuristic, or fictional settings. The prerequisite is the key setting must primarily be a city.

• Sensuality level: Burning
• Required word count: 30,000 – 100,000 words
• Key Characteristics: Edgy erotic romance set primarily in an urban city. Strong sexual relationship between main
• characters. Multiple partners acceptable. Elements of bondage and S&M that explore the dominant/submissive roles of a BDSM relationship welcome. GLBT welcome.
• Submit to Lyrical: https://lyricalpress.submittable.com/submit

Dystopia - A repressive and controlled society, usually under the pretense of utopia. Dystopian societies feature different kinds of social control systems that repress some, while lifting others to a form of nobility. There is usually a distinct system with blatant and vast privileges and oppressions separating higher and lower classes. Dystopian societies are often police states, where an individual (dictator) has unlimited power over citizens.

• Sensuality level: Red hot
• Required word count: 20,000 – 100,000 words
• Key Characteristics: Erotica romance set in a dystopian society. Strong sexual relationship between main characters. Elements of bondage and S&M that explore the dominant/submissive roles of a BDSM relationship welcome. Multiple partners acceptable. GLBT welcome.
• Deadline: None
• Submit to Lyrical: https://lyricalpress.submittable.com/submit

BDSM - Bondage, discipline (dominance/submission), sadism, and masochism. Sexual relationship involving consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role play.
Sensuality level: Red hot

• Required word count: 30,000 – 100,000 words
• Key Characteristics: Strong sexual relationship between main characters. Elements of consensual bondage, discipline (dominance/submission), sadism, and masochism. Multiple partners welcome. GTBT welcome.
• Deadline: None
• Submit to Lyrical: https://lyricalpress.submittable.com/submit

I heard on facebook from one of their authors that Lyrical Press has been acquired by Kensington Publishing as an imprint.

Oh, my. (George Takei voice intended.) This gets interesting. I have a lot of respect for Kensington, and this could mesh well with some other hints about new directions in erotic romance. Thanks for the heads-up!

It's on their masthead now.

ViariRose said:

I heard on facebook from one of their authors that Lyrical Press has been acquired by Kensington Publishing as an imprint.

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Yep!

Officially official.

http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/page.aspx/LYRICALPRESS

I'm looking forward to seeing how the merger works out.

What a great way for the Lyrical folks to kick off 2014.