We spent several years researching the submissions problem, and then we built the best manuscript submission system we knew how. Now we’re eager to know how we did–and people are telling us. We don’t mind constructive criticism (that’s one way we’ll know how to make it better) but we also don’t mind when clients take the time to tell us we got it right.
Here’s what author Robin Koontz said: “I received feedback from Creative Byline quickly and it was helpful with lots of good ideas on how to flesh out the biography I’m writing. I knew the manuscript was incomplete, but wasn’t sure how to proceed so this was a big help. Once I finish up my current project I will be revising and resubmitting it to Creative Byline.” Thanks, Robin!
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The resources area for writers is really nice… it has some clever links and kind messages for writers that need a little help getting back on track.
This site is really shaping up. Nice job Creative Byline team.
I’ve not been able to locate writer success stories on your site. Am I missing something?
Thanks,
Karen
Karen, there are lots of ways to measure success. We’re not writers and we’re not publishers, so we focus our measures on the parts of the process that we do: Creative Byline first reader review and speed and reliability of writers getting feedback from the publisher.
We’ve been happy to receive lots of positive feedback from writers about both how fast (within 7 days) and how helpful our first reader responses have been; you can see some of their comments on our site.
And we know that writers submitting to their chosen editors through our service have their manuscript looked at within three weeks or less. With that kind of response time, the writer can move on to celebrating or looking for another publishing avenue. In the traditional model, the writer can still be waiting up to 6 months later (or longer).