Christina Stiles

Ok, I’ve gotten myself out of the fiction depression doldrums. I’ve really only submitted to about ten agents/publishers, so I’m only a rookie on rejection. Right? So, I’ve taken this Memorial Day holiday to spend time getting out some equeries on Leaf Letters, my humorous contemporary romance (yes, I love fantasy AND romance, gamer geek that I am).  I’m running out of publishers to check with–that no agent thing being a pesky limiter on places willing to take a look at it. Anyway, I chose to send to Cerridwen and Samhain today. I like the work they do, and e-books are making a great splash in the writing world. I’m a supporter! (though, the titles I actually own by those pubs are in paper format, which they also do). I also sent to Aspen Mountain Press.

Response times seem to be about 10-16 weeks. I’ll be writing on other projects in the meantime, so this time should fly by.  If these publishers pass, then there aren’t many more in the 2009 Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market for me to try, but I’ll squeeze out queries to the last remaining (may do that anyway). If all else fails, I’m thinking of going the self-publishing route.