Subversive Submissions

I think I’m expecting too much. Because I laboriously research my markets and try to craft submission that, while perhaps not at the level the editor’s want, are at least in the ballpark, people who I feel should be similarly well-informed are slinging mud against the walls, hoping against hope that something will stick. We’re all in RWA. We all get the same newsletters, have access to the same discussion boards, attend the same conferences…. are other people just flitting throughout life with blinders on?

Who are these people encouraging writers to pitch community minded Scottish intrigues to Blaze? 60k romantic suspense to Luna? I understand editor’s frustration now — why they are so quick to jump to the conclusion that you’ve sent them the wrong thing whenever you get a bit outside the box. It’s because that’s all they ever deal with!

Criminy!

Forgive the rant, but seriously, folks, do a BIT of research. Read the guidelines, fine, but then READ THE BOOKS. You can tell a lot more about your chances if you read the books in the line rather than just reading some paragraph formulated by an editorial commitee ten years ago. It’s called “category” for a reason — becuase it FITS in a category.

Okay, rant over. Back to the regularly scheduled, sweet Diana.

Yeah, right.