New year, new opportunities! You may submit to these publishers even if you don’t have a literary agent if your manuscript falls under these categories: literary, romance, and speculative. (more…)
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Small Presses: 3 Publishers Want Literary, Romance, Speculative Novels
Posted by cindyfazzi on January 3, 2018
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/small-presses-3-publishers-want-literary-romance-speculative-novels/
Small Presses: 3 Publishers Accept Fiction and Nonfiction Submissions
The days are shorter, but the weather is nicer. It’s fall—are you ready to submit your manuscript? Check out these three small publishers that are open to fiction and nonfiction submissions. (more…)
Posted by cindyfazzi on October 27, 2015
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/small-presses-3-publishers-accept-fiction-and-nonfiction-submissions/
Writing Contest: Ink Smith Publishing Launches First Annual Book Awards
Ink Smith Publishing is seeking entries for its first annual contest—the 2015 ISP Book Publishing Awards—for unpublished science fiction, horror, and fantasy manuscripts written in English. (more…)
Posted by cindyfazzi on August 5, 2015
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/writing-contest-ink-smith-publishing-launches-first-annual-book-awards/
The World’s 10 Biggest Publishers
To paraphrase a famous Mark Twain quote, the reports of the publishing industry’s death are greatly exaggerated. Despite its ups and downs in recent years, the industry’s 10 biggest companies raked in over $40 billion last year. (more…)
Posted by cindyfazzi on July 8, 2014
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/the-worlds-10-biggest-publishers/
Publishing Breakthrough: What it Feels Like to be Finally Accepted by a Publisher

Being accepted by a publisher is sweet. (“Cupcake” by Nina Fazzi. Copyright © 2014 by Nina Fazzi. All Rights Reserved.)
It was a Thursday like any other—eight hours in the office, dinner with the family at home, and a treadmill workout, while I watched Brad Pitt’s “Killing Them Softly” on DVD. The movie was abysmal, but Brad looked good, and I burned some calories. What happened next, however, was what made April 10, 2014, one of the best days of my life. (more…)
Posted by cindyfazzi on May 14, 2014
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/publishing-breakthrough-what-it-feels-like-to-be-finally-accepted-by-a-publisher/