Category Archives: How does it work for authors?

How many times can I submit?

December 30, 2007 – 3:41 pm

One of our early clients gave us kudos in his comment and asked a good question: If after two attempts a manuscript still doesn’t pass our first reader’s quality check, what next? We recommend that you take some time to hone your writing skills in the areas that first readers mentioned in their feedback. You can [...]

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All about first readers

October 8, 2007 – 11:45 am

Someone recently asked us who our first readers are.  Eighty percent of first readers have some type of advance writing or literature degree. They work at the direction of Creative Byline’s editorial director using specific criteria, which we’ll talk more about in a later post. We’ll supplement those readers with readers who have specialties. Most large [...]

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The beauty of Creative Byline for editors

October 5, 2007 – 9:00 am

It’s audacious of us to think we can change the submission process—or it would be, if we hadn’t done our homework. But we have. And we know that editors really do want to receive manuscripts, but only certain kinds of manuscripts, i.e., the ones they happen to be looking for at the moment. So we [...]

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How to submit a manuscript using Creative Byline (when it goes live)

October 3, 2007 – 12:07 am

Creative Byline’s online manuscript submission service won’t launch until later this fall, but when it does, here’s how the process will work for writers. Step 1: Join Creative Byline (free, for a limited time) and post your writer profile—whatever you want editors to know about you. You can post a bio, credentials, awards and memberships, and (if you’ve already [...]

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