Black Velvet Seductions Publishing Company Currently Accepting Submissions
FYI- New publisher opening September 2005
We are seeking manuscripts for erotic romance novels and novellas of all lengths. . We publish everything from short stories to very long novels. All stories need to be both romantic and erotic in nature.
If you think of traditional Harlequin and Silhouette lines like Harlequin Presents, Silhouette Desire, and Silhouette Intimate Moments and then you increase the eroticism by several degrees you will have a good idea of what we are seeking. We want stories and novels that have all the character development, all the conflict, all the emotional impact of a traditional romance but we want the stories to be much more erotic in nature and we want the sexual activity to be much more diverse than it typically is in those books.
Stories may include any of the tried and true plot elements that have worked in romance novels for years. For example, authors can use secret baby, forced marriage, marriage of convenience, revenge, etc. as elements of their stories.
While we want a higher level of eroticism and a greater diversity of sexual activity in our books we do not want books that sacrifice the romance's story line in an effort to force a quick sexual pace. We believe the specific story and the make-up of the characters should decide the placement and frequency of sex scenes and we give authors wide latitude.
We want fully developed characters with rich back-stories. We want fully developed plots and strong conflicts. We want the sexual tension between hero and heroine to sizzle and when it is time for sexual intimacy, we want the sex scenes to be diverse and graphic.
We do not require authors to use graphic language. We do not believe that graphic language makes a book erotic. We believe that the language and the tone of the book should be determined by the characters in the book. If the characters would use graphic language then use graphic language. If the characters would use less graphic language then use less graphic language.
We're looking for offbeat sexuality. Show us the eroticism of bondage or domestic discipline. Use toys, use rope, and use elements of the hero and heroine's fantasies. Make it hot. Show us the eroticism in whatever your characters do with each other.
We like stories in which the character's sexuality is a part of his or her total make-up, rather than being something that is tacked on as an afterthought. We like to see characters with well-developed back-stories and well-rounded lives. We prefer characters that have careers, children, families, hobbies and religious beliefs as opposed to one-dimensional characters, which start the story in the bedroom and end the story in the same bedroom without ever having left the bedroom.
We are acquiring books in two distinct areas. We are looking for traditional boy meets girl romances where the hero and heroine meet, fall in love and have a happy ending.
We are also looking for stories in which the hero and heroine are already in a committed relationship that has suffered difficulties. In these stories the focus of the story should be on the rebuilding of the relationship and reaching a happy ending. This could be as simple as a couple realizing that they have drifted apart during the years their children were growing up and defining a new relationship in middle age. It could be as complex as a relationship suffering because of one party's unfaithfulness and the difficulties of establishing trust after this type of betrayal. It could be one party in the relationship deciding that he or she needs something that hasn't been present in the relationship previously. These books will likely be more reality based, and more problem-focused than more traditional romance. Characters in these stories will need to be particularly well crafted as these stories will generally be more serious in nature and the characters will have to carry more of the story's weight.
The royalties we pay our authors are unsurpassed in the industry. We pay 50% of the cover price on all e-books, e-books on CD, and books on audio CD sold from our website. For books sold via other venues we pay 50% of the cover price minus the amount paid to the selling organization.
In addition to paying the best royalties in the industry we are probably the most accessible publisher on the planet.
We are very open to unpublished and unagented authors and will work with unpublished authors whose work is still a little rough around the edges if we think they have good potential. We are happy to look at queries, partials, and complete manuscripts.
We offer authors an unsurpassed opportunity to build a lasting relationship with one publishing house and to build a loyal readership. We contract for English language digital rights and English language audio rights and hold those rights for three years. In most cases we will ask for renewals at the end of the three year period as our goal is to build authors and to help them build a loyal readership. In many cases we will acquire an author's backlist as their contracts with other publishers expire so that eventually their backlist of erotic romance novels are with us and are easy for their readers to find and purchase. We pay the same 50% royalty on reprinted books as we do on originals, giving authors a chance to continue to profit from their backlists over a long period of time.
More information on our needs and instructions for submitting material are on our website at www.blackvelvetseductions.com Please follow the link titled "write for us."
I truly believe Black Velvet Seductions offers authors a wonderful opportunity to build a stable and loyal following for their work.
Laurie Sanders
Editor, Black Velvet Seductions
www.blackvelvetseductions.com
We are seeking manuscripts for erotic romance novels and novellas of all lengths. . We publish everything from short stories to very long novels. All stories need to be both romantic and erotic in nature.
If you think of traditional Harlequin and Silhouette lines like Harlequin Presents, Silhouette Desire, and Silhouette Intimate Moments and then you increase the eroticism by several degrees you will have a good idea of what we are seeking. We want stories and novels that have all the character development, all the conflict, all the emotional impact of a traditional romance but we want the stories to be much more erotic in nature and we want the sexual activity to be much more diverse than it typically is in those books.
Stories may include any of the tried and true plot elements that have worked in romance novels for years. For example, authors can use secret baby, forced marriage, marriage of convenience, revenge, etc. as elements of their stories.
While we want a higher level of eroticism and a greater diversity of sexual activity in our books we do not want books that sacrifice the romance's story line in an effort to force a quick sexual pace. We believe the specific story and the make-up of the characters should decide the placement and frequency of sex scenes and we give authors wide latitude.
We want fully developed characters with rich back-stories. We want fully developed plots and strong conflicts. We want the sexual tension between hero and heroine to sizzle and when it is time for sexual intimacy, we want the sex scenes to be diverse and graphic.
We do not require authors to use graphic language. We do not believe that graphic language makes a book erotic. We believe that the language and the tone of the book should be determined by the characters in the book. If the characters would use graphic language then use graphic language. If the characters would use less graphic language then use less graphic language.
We're looking for offbeat sexuality. Show us the eroticism of bondage or domestic discipline. Use toys, use rope, and use elements of the hero and heroine's fantasies. Make it hot. Show us the eroticism in whatever your characters do with each other.
We like stories in which the character's sexuality is a part of his or her total make-up, rather than being something that is tacked on as an afterthought. We like to see characters with well-developed back-stories and well-rounded lives. We prefer characters that have careers, children, families, hobbies and religious beliefs as opposed to one-dimensional characters, which start the story in the bedroom and end the story in the same bedroom without ever having left the bedroom.
We are acquiring books in two distinct areas. We are looking for traditional boy meets girl romances where the hero and heroine meet, fall in love and have a happy ending.
We are also looking for stories in which the hero and heroine are already in a committed relationship that has suffered difficulties. In these stories the focus of the story should be on the rebuilding of the relationship and reaching a happy ending. This could be as simple as a couple realizing that they have drifted apart during the years their children were growing up and defining a new relationship in middle age. It could be as complex as a relationship suffering because of one party's unfaithfulness and the difficulties of establishing trust after this type of betrayal. It could be one party in the relationship deciding that he or she needs something that hasn't been present in the relationship previously. These books will likely be more reality based, and more problem-focused than more traditional romance. Characters in these stories will need to be particularly well crafted as these stories will generally be more serious in nature and the characters will have to carry more of the story's weight.
The royalties we pay our authors are unsurpassed in the industry. We pay 50% of the cover price on all e-books, e-books on CD, and books on audio CD sold from our website. For books sold via other venues we pay 50% of the cover price minus the amount paid to the selling organization.
In addition to paying the best royalties in the industry we are probably the most accessible publisher on the planet.
We are very open to unpublished and unagented authors and will work with unpublished authors whose work is still a little rough around the edges if we think they have good potential. We are happy to look at queries, partials, and complete manuscripts.
We offer authors an unsurpassed opportunity to build a lasting relationship with one publishing house and to build a loyal readership. We contract for English language digital rights and English language audio rights and hold those rights for three years. In most cases we will ask for renewals at the end of the three year period as our goal is to build authors and to help them build a loyal readership. In many cases we will acquire an author's backlist as their contracts with other publishers expire so that eventually their backlist of erotic romance novels are with us and are easy for their readers to find and purchase. We pay the same 50% royalty on reprinted books as we do on originals, giving authors a chance to continue to profit from their backlists over a long period of time.
More information on our needs and instructions for submitting material are on our website at www.blackvelvetseductions.com Please follow the link titled "write for us."
I truly believe Black Velvet Seductions offers authors a wonderful opportunity to build a stable and loyal following for their work.
Laurie Sanders
Editor, Black Velvet Seductions
www.blackvelvetseductions.com
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