Journal andphi's Journal: NaNo Update, Various Publishers' Submission Guidelines
My mom did the amazing. She wrote a 76 kiloword novel in less than two weeks. I am still plugging away at typing up the last 40k of my novel. If lucky, I will go all the way to 40k this week. At this point, I think, a finishing The Tale of Five Brothers and moving on to The Eye of Aethr is not really all that likely.
I did some research today on various publishers' submission guidelines and learned some things. I knew I liked Baen and Tor for the quality of their books and their attitude toward them. Now I like them more because they have useful, instructive things to say to prospective authors and will read unsolicited manuscripts.
To be published by Baen would be a dream come true for me. It's a recently acquired dream, but true and valid nonetheless.
Baen Books:
http://www.baen.com/FAQS.htm#Manuscript%20Submission%20Guidelines
coherent magic system, magic integral to story, interesting philosophical questions.
Tor Books:
http://us.macmillan.com/Content.aspx?publisher=torforge&id=255
synopsis: first 3 chapters, end on paragraph, less than 10k, summary of characters, events, ending. 3 to 10 pages in standard manuscript format
DAW:
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/DAWsubmission.html
Ace/Roc:
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/scifi-fantasy/submission.html
baen, tor (macmillan), Ace/Roc (penguingroup), DAW: open submissions, electronic preferred
http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/about/faq.html#submit
random house: agents only
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