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Cynthia MacKinnon
Editor-in-Chief
The Writers’ Café Press

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  • acceptance of manuscript and book contract offered
  • contract negotiated and signed
  • cover art and/ or illustrator secured
  • manuscript to editor to assist author in polishing manuscript
  • securing any permissions for illustrations, text, etc.
  • collecting “blurbs”
  • physical book layout and formatting of manuscript
  • assign price, ISBN, registration with Books in Print, etc. sent to the Library of Congress for
    cataloging information
  • galleys printed and sent for reviews
--there has to be a 90 day window here; the major reviewers will not accept any book that has already
been published or is about to be published before the 90 day period
  • promotional materials designed, printed and given out
  • book submitted for awards
*Book Bound Date
  • book sent to printer and then to distributor
  • book listed with on-line retailers: e.g./ amazon, barnes & noble, borders, indigo, chapters
*Official Publication Date
  • book available for sale
  • book registered with applicable Copyright Office
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For authors: the publishing process
We will consider unsolicited work only through one of the following avenues:

  • materials sent to our editorial staff through a professional literary agent

  • writers' conferences in which prospective authors can develop relationships with those in the publishing
    industry.

  • upon recommendation from The Finishers professional manuscript service.
GUIDELINES
TWCP's books uphold the Christian worldview.

We specialize in Biblical speculative fiction that is edgy and controversial according to the CBA conventions.
SUBMISSIONS
Tips for ensuring your
manuscript is in its top form
and therefore, more likely to
be accepted!

The state of your manuscript
will reflect (in our eyes) the
care and attention you have
put into it.

1. 'typed' neatly, double-
spaced, one side only,
paragraphs clearly apparent,
your last name and book title
on top of every page;

2. have several people read
over your manuscript and
provide feedback/ critiques
(not your mother or similar
"fan" because you want a
critical eye;

3.  join an on-line critique
group! Yahoo groups has many
many options.
Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/
—type in "writers"
—scroll through; find what
suits you!

4.  join a local or regional
writers' group. Google it!

After you have done all of this,
then . . .

5 a. find a good copy-editor to
go over your finished
manuscript before sending it
in. We want to see that you
care enough to take care of all
proofreading items;

5 b. the editor can also point
out areas in your manuscript
that need work, are
inconsistent, have grammatical
problems, etc.
The Writers' Café Press
©2002 - 2008
SUBMISSIONS

We don't accept
unsolicited manuscripts.