Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Well, lookee there, I have three followers. (I bribed them to do that, in case you were wondering ... Okay, I didn't. ) ... They have been wonderful at cheering me on this past month while I've been setting up the business. A particular shout out for Adam who's been cheering me on and giving me feedback on the site design. That's been a rather unique experience for me.

And look, I have the AW blogroll installed on my blog. It took me awhile to figure out how to do that. "User friendly" is an oxymoron.

So, I went and posted announcements about "Emerald Tales" and Scribblers and Ink Spillers, LLC on both AW and FWO. And I already have three submissions. I wasn't expecting such a fast response. Ack! Now what do I do? LOL ...

I know that one of the biggest complaints that writers have about submitting work is the lack of response. They're left to wonder what the heck is going on with their submission. So, I've decided that I would respond immediately to each submission with a "form letter" to at least let them know that I got it. And a date on which they will hear from me, yay or nay on their submission. It doesn't take that long to copy and paste a reply and hit send. Sound good? Yes, no, am I out of my mind letting a writer KNOW IMMEDIATELY that their submission was received? That's not the way it is done. *shrug* So fire me. Oh, wait, I own the company. I'm the boss, there's no one to fire me. mwahahaha .... Dang, I wish blogs had smilies ...
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  1. AdamJune 3, 2009 at 11:31 AM

    Depending on the email service, you should be able to set up an "auto reply" that you can set to say whatever you wish.

    Quite a few zines have a message that basically says "we've received it, expect a response within XX days."

    Of course, this only works with a dedicated submission address, but I believe yours is, isn't it?

    *Big hugs*

    Adam

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  2. bettieleeJune 3, 2009 at 4:06 PM

    Congrats Bunny! You are moving along! Now, be careful how you abuse your power...

    ...and I don't mean to complain, but I haven't get my check yet for the public adoration? I know you said not to say anything publicly... but oh.. wait. Did I say that outloud? Is this NOT the telephone?....

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  3. DianaJune 3, 2009 at 10:23 PM

    Adam, The vacation autoresponse is for all the aliases. I'm still futzing about with the email to figure out how to do stuff with it.

    Bettie, the check is in the mail. ;)

    Diana

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  4. AnonymousJune 4, 2009 at 10:24 AM

    Wow, this is cool. I was expecting another author's blog. I'm nowhere near ready to sub, but I know a lot of talented writers who are. If you post on these sites, you might get a few submissions:

    http://www.critiquecircle.com/default.asp

    http://www.scribophile.com/dashboard/?info=2048

    This one you couldn't overtly advertise on, but you can certainly put your web site in your sig and make no secret of what you're doing when you reply on their forums.

    http://www.authonomy.com/ViewBook.aspx?bookid=6840

    Good luck.

    Fred

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  5. AnonymousJune 4, 2009 at 10:35 AM

    Also, I'd post comments on Agent blogs like Bransford's:

    http://nathanbransford.blogspot.com/

    You can follow the links on his to a ton of others. Most of the people who post there are looking for representation, and are ready to submit. If you let on that you are a publisher, you'll likely get some hits off of it. Also, the fact that the authors are doing their homework means you'll get better quality stuff.

    Take care.
    Fred

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  6. DianaJune 4, 2009 at 4:56 PM

    Thanks for the suggestions, Fred. :)

    Diana

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