Lyrical Press welcomes authors to submit their brilliant blending of 19th Century steam power with science-fiction/fantasy. In a word – Steampunk.
What’s Steampunk? You know that movie/comic book series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? That’s Steampunk. It’s the perfect marriage of an era when steam power was in use and science-fiction/fantasy elements. It’s goggles, gears and corsets. It’s fun, adventure and excitement.
Lyrical Press is accepting all forms of Steampunk, with a focus on romance and erotica.
If you’re manically mad about mechanical masterpieces set during the Victorian age we’d love to hear from you.
Sensuality level: All – with a focus on romance/erotica
Length: 30,000 – 80,000 words
Key Characteristic: 19th Century steam power blended with elements of science-fiction/fantasy
Deadline: None
Please follow Lyrical Press’ guidelines found here: http://www.lyricalpress.com/submissions when submitting. Send submissions to submissions @ lyricalpress (dot) com.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Call for Submissions - Lyrical Press
Lyrical Press is a commercial fiction publisher, and as such, their goal is to entertain and satisfy consumers. Please keep that guiding principle in mind while considering Lyrical Press as a potential home for your work.
Lyrical Press is actively seeking erotica and romance and paranormal sub-genres!
General Submission Information:
Submit only full manuscript and two-page synopsis. All other query types will be ignored.
Non-fiction queries/submissions will be ignored.
Fanfic queries/submission will be ignored.
Submissions are usually passed into the review process once a week. You will be notified when that happens. If you do not receive confirmation of receipt within 14 days of submission, please resubmit the full manuscript and two-page synopsis.
Quick in turnaround. If you have received notification of receipt but do not hear back within six weeks of notification, please email to inquire after your status.
Length Requirements:
Submission length: 15,000 words and up. Currently, not considering works longer than 100,000 words.
Main focus is Erotica and Romance. However, Lyrical Press is actively seeking submissions in these genres (in no particular order of importance):
* Action-Adventure
* Erotica
* Fantasy
* Historical
* Horror
* Humor
* Mystery
* Paranormal
* Romance (all categories)
* Science Fiction
Not currently accepting screenplays, poetry or young adult.
Regarding objectionable content, LPI will not consider any work that glorifies, justifies or excuses the following subject matter:
* Pedophilia
* Rape
* Incest (in any form)
* Bestiality
* Necrophilia
Please consult the following link for manuscript formatting guidelines.
http://www.lyricalpress.com/submissions
Lyrical Press is actively seeking erotica and romance and paranormal sub-genres!
General Submission Information:
Submit only full manuscript and two-page synopsis. All other query types will be ignored.
Non-fiction queries/submissions will be ignored.
Fanfic queries/submission will be ignored.
Submissions are usually passed into the review process once a week. You will be notified when that happens. If you do not receive confirmation of receipt within 14 days of submission, please resubmit the full manuscript and two-page synopsis.
Quick in turnaround. If you have received notification of receipt but do not hear back within six weeks of notification, please email to inquire after your status.
Length Requirements:
Submission length: 15,000 words and up. Currently, not considering works longer than 100,000 words.
Main focus is Erotica and Romance. However, Lyrical Press is actively seeking submissions in these genres (in no particular order of importance):
* Action-Adventure
* Erotica
* Fantasy
* Historical
* Horror
* Humor
* Mystery
* Paranormal
* Romance (all categories)
* Science Fiction
Not currently accepting screenplays, poetry or young adult.
Regarding objectionable content, LPI will not consider any work that glorifies, justifies or excuses the following subject matter:
* Pedophilia
* Rape
* Incest (in any form)
* Bestiality
* Necrophilia
Please consult the following link for manuscript formatting guidelines.
http://www.lyricalpress.com/submissions
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Good Morning America...
Wow...what a whirlwind today was...
The story starts yesterday when we received a call from the media representative at UCLA (where my daughter had surgery to repair her brain aneurysm). He wanted to know if it was okay to put her story "out on the wire" but not to get our hopes up to have it picked up...maybe a local paper would, but he'd let us know.
We get a call less than 24 hours later that her story was picked up...by ABC's Good Morning America! Wowsa! So, after what seemed like a million telephone calls, the film crew arrived and set up. Two hours of preparation and filming later, we were all done. I only cried once (which for me is a record when it's as emotional an issue as my daughter's brush with death). The film guys were charming and gave us lessons in lighting and even let us see ourselves on the monitor (oohhh). So, my daughter and I will have our fifteen minutes (actually it'll probably only amount to about 2 minutes) of fame tomorrow.
Hope you can tune in.
ABC, Good Morning America -- 3/4/09
The story starts yesterday when we received a call from the media representative at UCLA (where my daughter had surgery to repair her brain aneurysm). He wanted to know if it was okay to put her story "out on the wire" but not to get our hopes up to have it picked up...maybe a local paper would, but he'd let us know.
We get a call less than 24 hours later that her story was picked up...by ABC's Good Morning America! Wowsa! So, after what seemed like a million telephone calls, the film crew arrived and set up. Two hours of preparation and filming later, we were all done. I only cried once (which for me is a record when it's as emotional an issue as my daughter's brush with death). The film guys were charming and gave us lessons in lighting and even let us see ourselves on the monitor (oohhh). So, my daughter and I will have our fifteen minutes (actually it'll probably only amount to about 2 minutes) of fame tomorrow.
Hope you can tune in.
ABC, Good Morning America -- 3/4/09
Monday, February 23, 2009
Bad, Bad, Blogger
Oh my... I am truly a very bad blogger. I can't believe it's been this long since I've stopped in the chat.
I'm sorry for the incredibly long absence. My only excuse is life, writing, edits, more edits, more writing, and more life.
For instance, today. I went to the mall Friday night to buy a b-day gift for one of my daughter's friends (I call her Tall Teen). I purchased some lovely undies and picked up a cold, free of charge. So, I've been dragging. But with three kids and a hubby, there's really no time to be sick.
I got Drama Teen and Kinderboy off to school, then hubby out the door with his hat and lunch. What I really wanted to do was to go back to bed. However, with my feisty four-year old, that wasn't going to happen.
I nuked a document (don't ask), went through my own set of edits for an upcoming release, sent out a handful of books for reviews (updating the spreadsheet as I went) and sent out review notices. Oops...a quick glance at the clock and I realize it's time to pick up Kinderboy at the bus.
Then there's lunch. After lunch, the boys played outside while I tried to write a little. Actually, I stared at the blinking cursor and brainstormed, but it all counts, right? Drama Teen arrives home from high school just about the time Feisty 4 comes in and says the dog is licking at his stitches (another long story). I call in Wonder Dog and low and behold, he's pulled out all his staples despite wearing that ridiculous white cone.
Emergency trip to the vet...come home, start dinner, chaperon Drama Teen and her ex-crush as they "hang out", coordinate dog pickup with hubby, then realize there's still laundry in the dryer.
Well, you get the picture.
My promise is to stop in here at least once a month with some sort of news or just a rambling tale of woe.
So....how was YOUR Monday?
I'm sorry for the incredibly long absence. My only excuse is life, writing, edits, more edits, more writing, and more life.
For instance, today. I went to the mall Friday night to buy a b-day gift for one of my daughter's friends (I call her Tall Teen). I purchased some lovely undies and picked up a cold, free of charge. So, I've been dragging. But with three kids and a hubby, there's really no time to be sick.
I got Drama Teen and Kinderboy off to school, then hubby out the door with his hat and lunch. What I really wanted to do was to go back to bed. However, with my feisty four-year old, that wasn't going to happen.
I nuked a document (don't ask), went through my own set of edits for an upcoming release, sent out a handful of books for reviews (updating the spreadsheet as I went) and sent out review notices. Oops...a quick glance at the clock and I realize it's time to pick up Kinderboy at the bus.
Then there's lunch. After lunch, the boys played outside while I tried to write a little. Actually, I stared at the blinking cursor and brainstormed, but it all counts, right? Drama Teen arrives home from high school just about the time Feisty 4 comes in and says the dog is licking at his stitches (another long story). I call in Wonder Dog and low and behold, he's pulled out all his staples despite wearing that ridiculous white cone.
Emergency trip to the vet...come home, start dinner, chaperon Drama Teen and her ex-crush as they "hang out", coordinate dog pickup with hubby, then realize there's still laundry in the dryer.
Well, you get the picture.
My promise is to stop in here at least once a month with some sort of news or just a rambling tale of woe.
So....how was YOUR Monday?
Monday, December 03, 2007
A free Christmas Short Story
Head over here to read a heartwarming historical holiday story!
While you are there, check out the contest page to see how you can win a free e-book a month for a whole year!
Sunday, November 25, 2007
A Fun Free Read
Only have a minute? Then this fun free read is for you. Appearing only for a limited time (11/25-12/01) on LitBits
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
The Inheritance
Just a quick bit of blatant self promotion.
My short story, The Inheritance, just came out in the summer issue of Spinetingler Magazine!
Go check it out!
My short story, The Inheritance, just came out in the summer issue of Spinetingler Magazine!
Go check it out!
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