Submission Time

Well friends, it's happened.

This morning at about 7:11, I pressed that foreboding grey button, and thrust my works into the hands of metaphorical wolves. Not real wolves, publishers. That would be cool if they did print it off and feed it to wolves  though if it's bad. Then I might feel alright about it if I get rejected as long as one of the wolves was wearing a Go-Pro camera or something.

Yes, the partial manuscript, synopsis, and query letter for BATTLE FOR HISTORY: THE GUARDIAN'S WEAPON has been given to Shadow Mountain publishing. In their courteous notification email, they informed me that it would probably take 12-16 weeks for them to respond to my submission. Ah well. While I bang my head absently on any solid surface near me, I'll also be doing some edits on the original manuscript.

What I did was submit two or three chapters, choosing to go the "partial manuscript" route instead of the entire thing. So while I'm waiting three to four months, I can make sure that the entire thing is absolutely exquisite!

You know, even if it doesn't get accepted by a publisher, I'll be alright with it. I might have a tiny bit of a breakdown for a week or two after the rejection, but there won't be any permanent emotional scarring. I'll move on. Maybe do some self publishing after I polish it up a little. The great thing about going to Shadow Mountain, is that they are a subsidiary of Deseret Book, along with another publisher called Ensign Peak. (Caters to more LDS Audiences) In the submission guidelines, it states that all three publishers use the same submission channel, so my manuscript will technically be going to three different publishers, three times the chance of acceptance!

Oh, and now I have a sonic and a bow tie, it's been a pretty good day.

TJ Meanea