Desert Breeze Opens to Submissions!

Submissions are open at Desert Breeze Publishing! We are seeking manuscripts to fill our fall and holiday 2011 release schedule. At Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc., we are seeking manuscripts from novella length (between 30,000 and 35,000 words approximately) to super novel length (exceeding 100,000 words), with a preference for novels between 65,000 and 90,000 words. We are more than willing to accept queries on book series, and will consider a series concept when at least one book is completed and the series
has been thoroughly formulated. We are also willing to look at rereleases as long as proof of release can be provided and the author can submit new work as well.

We are looking for submissions in all of the following romance sub-genres:

Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Romantic Comedy/Humorous Romance
Inspirational/Christian Romance -
Both Traditional Christian Romance and Edgier Christian Romance
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Time Travel Romance Science Fiction Romance/Futuristic Romance/Speculative Fiction Romance (emphasis mine)
Steampunk Romance
Urban Fantasy Romance
Modern Cowboy Romance
20th Century Historical Romance (1901 through the Viet Nam War)
Historical Romance (Prior to the 1900's)
YA Romance in all sub genres

We love romance, and we love happy endings. Now, a happy ending doesn't have to be wedding bells and proposals -- but leave us no doubt that your hero and heroine could easily ride off into the sunset together.

We are specifically looking to add some holiday themed books to our November and December 2011 release schedule. Books can be between 25k and 100k, and can focus either heavily on a holiday, or have the holiday as a backdrop theme. You can write around Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year...
And books can be in any genre listed.

Desert Breeze Publishing is a royalty paying publisher of romance in electronic novel format. We publish from the sweet to the heated, with the exclusion of erotica or erotic romance and GLBT/alternative lifestyles. Our
books are currently distributed through Amazon and Amazon UK for Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Books on Board, All Romance eBooks, Kobo, and the Apple iBookstore for distribution in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. All our Inspirational/Christian Romances are available at Christianbook.com.

Full submission guidelines, along with instructions for submitting, can be found at our website: http://www.DesertBreezePublishing.com under Submissions. We strongly encourage authors who are interested in submitting to also review our FAQ page, so you can understand more about DBP as a
whole.

We anticipate a 4-6 week response time to all queries.

Thanks!

Gail R. Delaney
Editor-In-Chief
Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc

Thursday Tag Party for 12/2/10!

This week, thought it would be fun to do a Linnea Sinclair retrospective. Linnea has blazed the way for lots of us writing SFR and in this selection, we have Kindle books, paperbacks and audio books (how fun!)

The short run-down if it's your first tagging expedition:

• Go to the Amazon buy page (I've included the links below)

• Scroll down to the Tags Customers Associate with this Product header

• Look for these tags: SFR, Scifi Romance, SF Romance, Science Fiction Romance and Paranormal Romance - please feel free to add any extra tags you feel are appropriate to the work (i.e. Space Opera, Military SF, etc.)

• Don't forget your SFR Brigade Tag!

• If the tags are already there, just click on them to add your 'vote'

• If not, type them into the 'your tags' box to add them (no need to save the page, just type and add)

For a list of past Tag Party books, come on over to the Book Launch and Tag Party Books page. Tagging is always welcome.

Now on to our list of Linnea lovelies:



Finders Keepers (paperback) by Linnea Sinclair
















Gabriel's Ghost by Linnea Sinclair













Shades of Dark by Linnea Sinclair














Hope's Folly (the audio edition) by Linnea Sinclair











My scan techs and I are on the hunt for YOUR SFR books - new or old releases on Amazon that we haven't featured yet. You can help. If you any suggestions, requests, or know where I can get a good Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, send me a message at ravenesperanza@yahoo.com and I'll add you to the schedule.

REMINDER: HOAF news

Send any of the following information to me, Brigaders!

• a new release
• interesting blog post
• contest news - finalist, place or win?
• a book reviews - either one you've done or one done on your book by someone else?
• a link to a good article or website
• a contest running on your site or blog
• give-aways on your website or blog
• free stories on your website or blog
• a blog tour for your new book
• an upcoming birthday
• attending a convention
• just signed with an agent
• sold a book
• industry news
• heard of an SFR contest our members could enter

Email kyliegriffin (at) clearmail (dot) com (dot) au

Cindi Myers Market News Highlights New Speculative Fiction ePublisher

Check out her market news for more details and more market news (good source of news, btw).

Mocha Memoirs  is a new e-publishing venture focused on speculative fiction. Editor/publisher Nicole Givens Kurtz is actively seeking science fiction, fantasy and romance speculative fiction titles. She’s interested in interracial romance, space opera, steampunk, cyberpunk, science fiction and fantasy romance from 8000 words and up.