Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Do You Write Western Romance? Prairie Rose Publications Seeking Submissions

 

Love hunky Cowboys and sexy Outlaws? Do you write westerns or historical western romance? If so, you might want to check out this fairly new publisher, Prairie Rose Publications.

From the website:

PRAIRIE ROSE PUBLICATIONS (PRP), is a publishing company devoted to publishing westerns and western romances written by women

PRP is accepting submissions for a couple new anthologies. I've posted some of the info from the website/blog below.

Happy Writing!

http://prairierosepublications.yolasite.com/
 
PRAIRIE ROSE PUBLICATIONS was opened in August, 2013, by LIVIA J. WASHBURN and CHERYL PIERSON, two authors who saw a need for such an imprint. Usually, when people think “westerns” they think of male authors and male readers—but that’s not true in today’s world. Many women are just as interested in reading—and writing—westerns as their male counterparts; and of course, western romance has always been popular among the ladies!

PRAIRIE ROSE PUBLICATIONS and our other imprints, are looking for some mighty fine writing from new authors as well as established, well-seasoned authors, and we have some very exciting projects coming up. Here are a few of them, but please visit our websites and contact me at prairierosepublications@yahoo.com or fabkat_edit@yahoo.com for further information about what's coming up!

PRAIRIE ROSE PUBLICATIONS is open for submissions for stories for our summer anthologies in the historical western romance genre. As of now, two of the anthologies, LASSOING A BRIDE and COWBOY CRAVINGS have both been filled.

THERE ARE STILL AVAILABLE OPENINGS IN LASSOING A GROOM AND LASSOING A MAIL ORDER BRIDE!


LASSOING A GROOM: This collection of stories will be sweet/sensual. The stories selected for this anthology will have to do with a summer wedding, or courtship leading up to a wedding—by a groom who might not be so willing in the beginning. But as women all know, there’s more than one way to romance a man! Silken bonds and words of love can be just as binding as any lasso. Word count for each selection will be around 12K, more or less. We want you to tell a good story and not worry if you run over the word count by a few words. Spots are limited! OPENINGS ARE STILL AVAILABLE IN THIS ANTHOLOGY!

LASSOING A MAIL-ORDER BRIDE: This collection of stories will be sweet/sensual. The stories selected for this anthology will have to do with a summer wedding, or courtship leading up to a wedding—by a groom who needs a bride and is willing to order one by mail! What circumstances could lead to a man advertising for a bride, sight unseen—and a woman in such dire straits that she travels from her home and everything familiar to marry a man she doesn’t know? There are any number of situations that “might be”—and we’re waiting to see what can happen when love blossoms in the most unlikely circumstances! Word count for each selection will be around 12K, more or less. We want you to tell a good story and not worry if you run over the word count by a few words. Spots are limited! OPENINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS ANTHOLOGY!

SUBMISSIONS FOR ANTHOLOGIES ARE DUE BY APRIL 15, 2014.
If you think you might have a story that would fit, please contact Cheryl at: prairierosepublications@yahoo.com

PRP is also accepting submissions for theirTornado Alley imprint, for YA MG and NA. From the website:

TORNADO ALLEY PUBLICATIONS offers an outstanding variety of novels, short stories, and novellas for Middle Grade Readers (9-12), Young Adult (13-17) and New Adult (18-24).

For more info, visit their website(s). Links are below.

PRAIRIE ROSE PUBLICATIONS www.prairierosepublications.com
TORNADO ALLEY PUBLICATIONS www.tornadoalleypublications.com
PAINTED PONY BOOKS www.paintedponybooks.com
FIRE STAR PRESS www.firestarpress.com
PRAIRIE ROSE PUBLICATIONS BLOG: http://prairierosepublications.blogspot.com/

Sunday, March 16, 2014

This N' That

NHere's a few interesting links. Hope you find something you like!

~Carol

  • Yoga For The Desk Bound Writer
Check this out! Designed with writers in mind, here's a nine minute yoga video you can do right at your desk and in your chair! Sounds like my kind of yoga! :)

Yoga for the Desk Bound Writer
www.patamsden.com

  • How To Write A Category Romance...
I don't write category romance, but for those of you who do, author Susan Meier posted a writing lesson in her ezine and on her blog:

Lesson 1 from HOW TO WRITE A CATEGORY ROMANCE...

Check out this lesson and others on Susan's blog.

Susan Meiers

  • WordPress for Writers: Tips, Tricks, Plugins, and Hacks – Part 1
Need help setting up a WordPress blog? Check out this article (and other's) on the All Indie Writer's blog.
 

  • the character therapist
Have a question about your how your character should react to or in a certain situation or need answers about a character trait? Then visit Jeannie Campbell's the character therapist and check out her Dear Jeannie column, where does a Q&A on these kinds of things.

Jeannie is a Licensed Therapist, a freelance writer, author, editor, and book reviewer. Visit her blog to learn more (some good stuff there!). Also, sign up for her newsletter and receive a free copy of the Writer's Guide to Character Motivation.

Happy Writing!