So much of this website is in fancy stylings. This page, seems to desire simplicity.

Obviously, the ability to read the text, is intrinsically important. However, other than that, please...be creative.

The most important task in submitting something is to make certain you're familiar with what we've published in the past - not because we're locked in to what we publish, but because familiarity shows an attention to detail that is of upmost import - which is exactly what I am looking at in a writer with whom I might want to work.

This detail is important because in the indie world, you're not just handing a manuscript off, getting your book back, and waiting for royalties to roll in.  Once the book is in your hands - this is when and where the fun really begins - the beating of the cobblestones to find stores, shows, and hands to cradle your child.

When I spent years on the road as a tour manager for a rock band, I saw hundreds of opening bands, most of which always wanted my opinion afterwards.  I was always encouraging, giving them complements on their fine points and picking out a scuff or two that could use more than just a tossed-off spit shine - those things which really needed, heck deserved, a real silver polish.  However, the one comment I often wanted to say, but never did, yet have used many times since I got off the road, is the following story...

Many bands go on stage and know which of their one or two songs is really the attention grabber.  Usually they open fire and flame and wow the crowd.  Four songs in, the crowd wants the album to take home and is surprised that what they're hearing isn't half bad.  Then, the band keeps playing...six or seven more songs and each one is less finished, less moving...and the band keeps playing because they feel as if they have to fill the time that they've been allotted.  Yet, by the time the tenth song is finished, the crowd is bored, drifting, wanting the band they actually came to see...and has forgotten all about how good the band was to begin with.  Had the band stopped at four songs, the crowd would have been enamored - instead, they are simply annoyed.

Simply put - do yourself and your work better justice than simply casting hooks into the water.   You and your work deserve both as it is obvious you have skill and a dedication to your craft.   At the end of the day, there is one surefire guaranteed tried-and-true completely and utterly stereotypical and cliché way to get your writing noticed - make the writing noticeable.   For certain, then, the people you want to have take notice of your work, will take notice.   They won't be able to turn away.

If you've read through the above, and still want to work with us, please send your creation to:

Seraphemera Books
Attn: Marc Moorash
P.O. Box 73562
Houston, TX 77273

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