CITY NIGHTS and CITY KNIGHTS SERIES' SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submissions are open! Please be sure to read through our guidelines carefully before submitting, *Also, do not use this page for standard submissions. Those submissions will be deleted without review.* For additional information, please see our standard guidelines and our FAQs. GUIDELINES ** Read other books in the series to see what we're looking for. Then . . . • Pick a city somewhere in the world that hasn't been taken. If you wish to hold a city, we will do so on receiving your initial submission, see below. • Write a contemporary or historical erotic romance that takes place within a 24 hour time frame. • Novella length only - your manuscript should be 25-30K. If you anrticipate the story going a little over 35K, please contact us. Easy!
• All stories must be contemporary erotic romance -- not erotica and not traditional romance. No 'f**k stories' and no sweet romance. • YES -- Aim for a 50-50 guideline: 50% character and plot development and 50% intimacy. We're looking for great contemporary romance stories with the ramped-up sex. We want a 4 heat factor. Hot with a lot of intimacy and sexual completion by the end of the story; some language OK; some kink OK; toys OK; nipping OK but no blood or skin welts; indoor or outdoor sex OK. . . if you're unsure, ask! • YES -- Good character development, good plot, strong author voice, forever love and an HEA not required, but the story must end with characters happy witht he interaction and HFN is required (happy for now) . . . think romance with more of sex. • YES -- A sense of place. Remember, your story is set in a specific city. Along with the above, we need to see the city in the story. • NO -- Heavy BDSM (no punching/hitting/slapping, no welts, no blood, no extreme pain, etc) . . . if you're unsure, ask. Please refer to our general no-nos on our standard submission guidelines--NO: pedophilia, bestiality, incest, rape, necrophilia, urolagnia, erotic asphyxiation, race/gender intolerance, etc. You get the drift. • Each book title will begin One Night In . . . example: One Night in Boise, One Night in Paris, One Night in Rome, etc. • We are currently publishing one book per month. • Note -- This is an ongoing series. Treat this submission like a standard submission but under these guidelines.
• What programs will I need to know if offered a contract? We strictly work with Microsoft Word. Within this program is a feature called Track Changes. If you do not know how this works, learn it now. Whether we contract you or another house, you will need to know how to use this features during the editing process of your book. • If you have questions about your submission, contracts, publication, cover art, etc., please see our FAQS. • *Also, do not use this page for standard submissions. Those submissions will be deleted without review.* • |
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