Ask a Publisher: What to Do with Rejection

You’ve finished your manuscript, edited it to the best of your ability, sent out some queries, and have been anxiously waiting for a reply from publishers. Then, your email pings with a new notification, and you see that it’s in response to your query…but it isn’t the news you were hoping for at all.  It’sContinue reading “Ask a Publisher: What to Do with Rejection”

Ask a Publisher: Is My Writing Ready to Submit?

Congratulations—you’ve finished your draft! Now that you have a finished draft, the excitement of receiving a book contract or agent representation can seem like the very next step. But it isn’t quite that simple; there are still several steps between your finished draft and a submission-ready document. Of course, we recognize that many writers second-guessContinue reading “Ask a Publisher: Is My Writing Ready to Submit?”

Ask a Publisher: How Does the Submissions Process Work?

One question we get a lot here at Josha is about our submissions process: specifically, what are the stages and approximate timelines for those stages? And while you can find the answers to specific questions on our FAQ page, here, we’ll cover in a bit more depth what to expect once you decide to submitContinue reading “Ask a Publisher: How Does the Submissions Process Work?”