critic and cultural historian of genre fantasies / senior acquiring editor @leverpress.bsky.social / associate editor of sf @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social / read more: seanguynes.com
sean guynes
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..."OK, please still consider me!" and on and on. It's just awkward and weird and a lot of unnecessary back and forth that's going to delay getting good, clear, quick answers about your project and interest from publishers.
Plus, what if the press you're least excited about moves the quickest?
These are amazing! I just ordered a glicee print of one of my favorite pieces of Trek fanart. So exited!
Please don't submit a book proposal to 7 different academic publishers at the same time. Ideally, you wouldn't submit the proposal to more than one or two at the same time, *maybe* three if you're really unsure. But doing this makes a lot of work for a lot of people and will put you in an awkward...
Jesus christ... really? Gotta catch 'em all, but for film formats and when you watched them? Come on!
...situation when, if a press is interested, they inevitably ask for exclusivity while they review a proposal. Then you've got to tell all the other potential presses "hey, sorry, can you put this on pause." And if that first press passes, then you have to go back to the others and say...
