Hey folks - just wanted to poke my head in to say that Jaffa Books has formally re-opened for novel and novella length submissions. We’re seeking fantasy, science fiction, and furry fiction works specifically.
I was just stressed because I’d fallen into the habit of writing for email and websites and I had to reformat everything to everyone before submitting… so for the last three months prior, I’ve been forcing/training myself to do it RIGHT from the beginning. Double spaces and tabbed indents… so I was like “NO! I won’t do it that way! I’m trying to do it RIGHT!!!”
sob! I was sooooo very wrong! :’(
But at least I learned before submitting more than one or two stories.
Free ebooks are only a problem because I can’t seem to enjoy them.
I can edit and write on the computer, but somehow I can’t even enjoy stories I would normally enjoy reading when reading them on the computer. My emails are full of Rabbit’s installment and I can’t enjoy them as reading materials. Kris’ stuff is here, too; I can’t enjoy read. I can’t review read.
I could probably push past it with an extended effort, but I’ve 100s “real” books to enjoy.
Call for Submissions: Writing for Animals Nonfiction Anthology
Ashland Creek Press is currently accepting nonfiction submissions for a new anthology, Writing for Animals: An anthology for writers and instructors to educate and inspire.
From Franz Kafka’s Report to the Academy to Karen Joy Fowler’s We Are Completely Beside Ourselves, animals have played a central role in literature. Increasingly, writers are playing a central role in advancing awareness of animal issues through the written word.
And yet little has been written about the process of writing about animals—from crafting point of view to voice. Writers who hope to raise awareness face many questions and choices in their work, from how to educate without being didactic to how to develop animals as characters for an audience that still views them as ingredients. We hope to address these issues and more with a new collection of essays, by writers and for writers—but most of all, for the animals.
We seek essays from authors and educators. Our focus is on including a mix of instructional and inspirational essays to help readers not only improve their work but be inspired to keep at it. Essays may be previously published and should not exceed 10,000 words.
Areas of interest include:
Anthropomorphism and writing from the animal’s point of view
The rethinking of animal-centric idioms (such as “fish out of water” or “kill two birds with one stone”)
How to elevate animals from “set pieces” to “characters” in your writing
How to address violence toward animals
Animal rescue themes
Animals and “personhood”
The “animal turn” and what it means for animal-centric literature
Animals in children’s literature
For all submissions, please include (in a single document) the entire essay and an author bio listing all publishing credits, awards, and experience. Include a valid e-mail address, mailing address, and phone number.
If they are one of the main characters, and they are involved in the sex, then you should be good. Just remember that the overall theme of the anthology is Nekos, so I would like them to play a large roll in your story.