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This March we've added two new panel members to the Submissions Mailbox Panel (formerly Agent Mailbox)!
 Welcome to Lisa Rutherford of Coliloquy. Lisa is Coliloquy's co-founder and CEO. She is delighted to be bringing her years of startup experience "home" to her roots in writing. Previously, Lisa founded Elodie Partners and served as the President of virtual economy pioneer, Twofish (acquired by Live Gamer), and as a venture capitalist with In-Q-Tel, Vista Ventures, and Palo Alto Venture Partners. She ran her own freelance writing and marketing agency and worked in M&A at Broadview. Outside of Coliloquy, Lisa serves as an advisor to BulletTime Ventures, Boulder Digital Works, and several startups, as well as a mentor for the TechStars program. She was named an AlwaysON Top 25 Women to Watch in Tech and is one of 65 women across technology, arts, media, and philanthropy chosen for the Institute for the Future's new Women Think Big consortium. Lisa has an MBA from Stanford University, an MA from the University of Chicago, and a BA from the Penn State University Scholars Program.
COLILOQUY is a digital publisher of active fiction, specializing in reader engagement and serial storytelling. We leverage advances in technology to create groundbreaking new forms of digital fiction.
ACQUISITION INTERESTS. We are looking for well-written, engrossing stories that would be better told in a non-traditional publishing format. We also read manuscripts simply looking for talented writers who could make something magical with our technology platform, so that we can develop a new series with them.
OTHER INTERESTS. Reading (of course)! Yoga. NYT Saturday crossword puzzles. Anything with fur. Sleep. Sunshine.
 Welcome to Curiosity Quills Press! While not strictly a YA publisher, Curiosity Quills welcomes YA titles. Their catalogue currently includes:
- 11 signed authors for publication and/or serialization.
- 4 active published titles (Shadow of a Dead Star, by Michael Shean; The Department of Magic, by Rod Kierkegaard, Jr.; Family Cursemas, by Rod Kierkegaard, Jr.; Worlds Burn Through, by Vicki Keire)
- 4 *announced* upcoming titles (The Zona, by Nathan L. Yocum; The Last Condo Board of the Apocalypse, by Nina Post; Stein & Candle Detective Agency, Vol. 1, by Michael Panush; Shadowed Ground, by Vicki Keire), and several more that are unannounced
- 3 active serializations (Bone Wires, by Michael Shean, Daughter of Glass by Vicki Keire, Stein & Candle Detective Agency, by Michael Panush)
- 2 upcoming serializations (Space & Time, by Sharon T. Rose; Kulture Vultures, by William Vitka;)
Curiosity Quills pays out a standard author royalty of 65% (35% to publisher) for digital works, and 50/50 for print and other mediums.
Reviewers can request Curiosity Quills title from their NetGalley listing.
Submissions procedures include:
- A one-page query letter containing your genre, title, wordcount, and a brief blurb about the book.
- The first five (5) double-spaced pages
- For serialized works, please include information about update frequency, update length, and projected series duration.
- Established authors are welcome to query with a standard proposal package of three chapters, a synopsis, and a query.
- PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE ANY PERSONAL WRITING CREDENTIALS, AWARDS, REVIEWS, OR PROMOTIONAL LINKS
More information about Curiosity Quills, their titles, and submissions is available on their website.
Damien Walters Grintalis' debut INK, in which a man gets far more than he bargained for when he visits an elusive tattoo artist, to Don D'Auria at Samhain, for publication in 2012, by Mark McVeigh at The McVeigh Agency (World English).
Jen Adams' THE BOOKS THEY GAVE ME, based on the website of the same name, in which people send in anonymous stories about a book they were given by a loved one, together forming a love letter to literature and the physical book, to Leslie Meredith at Free Press, in a good deal, at auction, for publication in early 2013, by Adam Schear at DeFiore and Company (World).
Virginia Zimmerman has signed with George Nicholson at Sterling Lord Literistic. Cheryl Rainfield's STAINED, will be published by Harcourt in 2013, an edgy YA novel about Sarah, a teen with a port wine stain and body image issues, who is abducted and must find a way to rescue herself. Melissa Hill's GIFT FROM TIFFANY'S, in which two very different men shop for their girlfriends at Tiffany's on Christmas Eve - and find out what happens when fate decides to do things its own way, to Jennifer Weis at St. Martin's, by Lisa Bankoff at ICM on behalf of Sheila Crowley at Curtis Brown UK. Christa Desir's TRAINWRECK, in which a boy helplessly watches as his girlfriend's life falls apart after she is sexually abused, to Anica Rissi at Simon Pulse, in a nice deal, by Sarah LaPolla at Curtis Brown. TRAPPED author Michael Northrop's ROTTEN, the tale of a rescue Rottweiler and a troubled teen who overcome each other's defenses only to have everything threatened by a treacherous friend and one snap of the dog's powerful jaws, again to Anamika Bhatnagar at Scholastic, in a two-book deal, by Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger (world). NYT bestselling author of the Shiver trilogy Maggie Stiefvater's four-book series, THE RAVEN CYCLE, beginning with THE RAVEN BOYS, featuring a rich boy at the Aglionby Academy, one of the Raven Boys, who is on a hunt to find a vanished Welsh king (according to legend he will grant a wish to the first person to find him), and the daughter of a psychic, who has been told that if she ever kisses her true love he will die, but is too practical to believe in things like true love, to David Levithan at Scholastic, in a major deal, for publication beginning in September 2012, by Laura Rennert at Andre a Brown Literary Agency (world). Judy Spelbring's debut PERFECTION, about a teenage girl living in a society focused on the concept of Aryan purity, who has been genetically engineered to be the perfect soldier; and after a harrowing journey, soon discovers that purity comes in many different forms; pitched as SPECIALS meets MEIN KAMPF, to Kate Kaynak at Spencer Hill Press, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in May 2013, by Lauren Hammond at ADA Management Group. Colleen Houck's TIGER'S DESTINY, to Hodder Children's, in a nice deal, by Jessica Olivo on behalf of Alex Glass at Trident Media Group.
Josin McQuein's PREMEDITATED, about the lengths one girl will go in order to get revenge on the boy who ruined her cousin's life, to Krista Vitola at Delacorte, at auction, for publication in Fall 2013, by Suzie Townsend at Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation. MY VERY UN-FAIRY TALE LIFE author Anna Staniszewski's DOGOSAURUS REX, about a boy who comes home from the pound with a most exceptional new dog, to Sally Doherty at Holt, by Ammi-Joan Paquette at Erin Murphy Literary Agency (World). Beverly Stowe McClure's YA contemporary novel, LIFE ON HOLD, is scheduled for a March release. She has also signed a contract with MuseItUp Publishing for MG/Tween paranormal, A PIRATE, A BLOCKADE RUNNER, AND A CAT, due out January 2013. Ruth Reid's HEAVEN SENT HUSBANDS series, in which angels intervene with the Amish in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, to Natalie Hanemann at Thomas Nelson, in a very nice deal, in a three-book deal, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. Lisa Harris's MAGNOLIA PASSAGE, in which the murder of a Jane Doe thrusts a homicide detective into the world of human trafficking, to Andrea Doering at Revell, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2013, 2014, 2015, by Joyce Hart at Hartline Literary Agency. Author of Kindling the Moon, Jenn Bennett's next two books in the Arcadia Bell urban fantasy series, to Adam Wilson at Pocket, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in Beginning Spring 2013, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (NA). Author of Going Cowboy Crazy and Make Mine a Bad Boy Katie Lane's HUNK OF THE HOLIDAYS, which begins a new series, to Alex Logan at Grand Central, in a nice deal, for publication in 2012, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. Author of HOW TO DANCE WITH A DUKE Manda Collins's new historical romance trilogy, pitched as a Regency I Know What You Did Last Summer, in which three widows conspire to hide the truth about the death of a duke and find love in the process, to Holly Blanck at St. Martin's, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (World). Mia Marlowe and Connie Mason's WAKING UP WITH A RAKE, ROMANCING A RAKE, and BETWEEN A RAKE AND A HARD PLACE, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Sourcebooks, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World).
Sherry Auger has signed with agent Steve Hutson for her piece WILLOW BROOK.
Lynne Matson has signed with Jennifer Unter for her novel, NIL. Book Releases - Now Available  ON THE BRIGHT SIDE by S.R. Johannes is available now. Gabby is a disgruntled tween angel who has just been assigned to protect her school nemesis and ex-beffie. Problem is her ex-beffie is dating Gabby's longtime crush. Instead of protecting Angela, Gabby pranks her (since when is sticking toilet paper to her shoe or spinach in her teeth a sin?) Soon, Gabby gets out of control and is put on probation by her SKYAgent, who has anger management issues of his own.
Determined to right her wrongs, Gabby steals an ancient artifact that allows her to return to Earth for just one day. Without knowing, she kicks off a series of events and learns what can happen when you hate someone to death.
 HUNTED, YA paranormal fantasy/dystopian by Cheryl Rainfield is out now. In HUNTED, Caitlyn is a telepath in a world where it's illegal to have any paranormal powers, so she's on the run from government troopers (who can enslave, torture, or even kill her, or force her to hunt down her fellow Paranormals). When she settles in a city with her mom, she falls for Alex, a Normal (someone without paranormal powers) which is dangerous because he can turn her in, and she discovers some renegade Paranormals who want to kill all Normals. Caitlyn must decide whether she's going to stay in hiding to protect herself or take a stand to save the world.  VEILED VIRTUES by Jan Fischer Wade is a romantic light fantasy and paranormal mystery all rolled into one and out now! When Paige Stewart left America to house-sit in England, her only thoughts were to get away from her controlling mother and to have fun. Little did she know that her working holiday would turn into a battle between good and evil, or that she would be the epicenter of that battle. She certainly didn't expect to be swept off her feet by a modern-day English knight. But when blood appeared on her keyboard and she discovered her childhood scars bleeding, her holiday took a turn for the eerie and dangerous, and when she ventured into the metaphysical shop run by Nathaniel Brightmore, she found much more than tarot cards and crystals. March Releases 3/1--PERCEPTION by Kim Harrington 3/1--EMBRACE by Jessica Shirvington 3/1--SWIFT by R.J. Anderson 3/6--DEAD IS A BATTLEFIELD by Marlene Perez 3/13--SPELLBOUND (A Hex Hall Novel) by Rachel Hawkins 3/13--THE SAVAGE GRACE (A Dark Divine Novel) by Bree Despain 3/13--WANDERLOVE by Kirsten Hubbard 3/20--A TEMPTATION OF ANGELS by Michelle Zink 3/20--CROAK by Gina Damico Deal news reported by Publishers Weekly. Visit www.publishersweekly.com. |
Lisa Brown and her co-author (and partner in crime) Adele Griffin are celebrating the paperback release of their illustrated ghost story PICTURE THE DEAD with a