BLOG RELEASE
The Island by Kristopher
Quentin
Stars Fall by Louis J Harris
Draven’s Gate by Cheryl
Headford (Mock up Cover below)
An Anthology to support our
social outreach program.
And
A submission call from
writers all over the world.
This is what can be expected
from CoolDudes Publishing in the next three to four months. We have chosen to launch our CoolDudes Imprint with Cheryl Headford’s
beautiful YA M/M Fairytale for the simple reason that Cheryl writes the most
endearing, angsty gay stories the whole world should know about.
With this launch we intend
to give a $25.00 Amazon coupon to a lucky subscriber to our site and Newspaper,
plus free e-book copies of Draven’s Gate, Stars Fall and The Island when it is
released. To top that, all our participating bloggers will have a giveaway
prize of all three e-books to one of their lucky subscribers.
OUR PUBLISHING PROGRAM
We want to tap into the M/M
market and expand it using our affiliate editors, beta readers, reviewers and
promotional staff. We don’t ask for a penny upfront, however, we do offer
contracts and deduct a small percentage of 40% from royalties for the services
we offer.
We aim to publish e-books
with a strong M/M element but are NOT genre romance and not specific
to Happy Ever After (HEA). The work may be darker in nature and reflective
of the world gay men face. These are more along the lines of how things
really happen with all of the horrors gay men and women have to face through
their lives.
But, the romances will be heartfelt
and not a guaranteed HEA although we would prefer HEA.
Literary works are
welcome.
These are novels that
minimize on dialogue and maximize on narrative, but the language must be of a
high standard. There are many authors writing literary books as opposed to
light romance.
We also publish YA and NA,
and we will attempt to control who sees what age wise. We want to open people’s
eyes to the fact there is a whole culture of extremes out there in writing Gay
Fiction.
We include all types of works
about gay men, whether it be relationships written by gay men/women or
straight, it doesn’t matter.
The focus is romance,
crime, mystery, paranormal, fantasy with a gay theme (because after all, it’s
perfectly normal right; it shouldn’t be set apart because its about two men
together, or a fairy and a human) rather than gay romance, gay mystery, gay
thriller etc…. It means someone buys it for the story it offers.
Above all, we strive to have
this kind of reaction: ‘Oh my God! That’s such a great thriller, and you know
what, it’s got two guys in it, but wow! it’s a fab book!’ That way we get the
best of both – the hard-core readers who only buy gay romance and perhaps some
others who buy it despite the fact it has two gay guys.
Our Submissions Call
General Call
We want plot driven stories
featuring at least one gay male main character. While we do wish to see a
romance element within the stories, we do not require the story to have romance
as its primary focus. We prefer a happily ever after, but realize that love is
often bittersweet, so a happy for now ending is also welcome. We prefer
submissions to be at least 30,000 words and will happily consider longer works
upwards of 150,000. Stand alone titles are welcome as are series and we welcome
both first time and established authors. If a title has previously been self
published, it must be removed from distribution before we will consider it.
You, Me, and the Stars
Space ships, alien worlds,
galactic conquests… CoolDudes is looking for quality science fiction with well
realized worlds, exciting plots, good character development, and while there
should be some romance, it doesn’t have to be the primary focus. Submissions
should be at least 30,000 words in length and we are happy to accept longer
works. Have an epic over 150,000 words? We’re happy to take a look and see if
its a good fit.
Down in the City
Skyscrapers. Wharf fronts.
Shopping malls. We’re looking for some gritty urban fantasy worth sinking teeth
into. Vampires, dragon shifters, wizards, fae, and more are all welcome.
Submissions should be a minimum of 30,000 words and we are happy to consider
works over 100,000 words. Whatever the story, it should contain an element of a
romance, though it doesn’t have to be the primary focus.
Contemporary Romance
Any setting, as long as the
world is our own and it’s set in this era. We are looking for tales featuring
two men in love. New couples, established couples, friends to lovers, Love
comes in all shapes and sizes and we want their stories! HEA or HFN stories
preferred and the stories may contain dark themes or be as sweet as candy as no
two love stories are alike. Submissions should be at least 30,000 words.
Young Adult
Here at CoolDudes we firmly
believe that youth are our future. We’re looking for positive stories featuring
LGBT youth main characters, aimed at readers 12 and up and 16 and up. Please
include an intended age range with your submission. Stories can be set
within any genre, and romance can be secondary. So whether it’s a young person
running for his junior high student council while realizing his first real
crush is another boy, or a college student finding the love of his life, we
want to hear about it. Stories should be a minimum of 25,000 words.
We're excited about this venture because,well, it is exciting. It's a huge challenge for us, after all, every one of the team is a writer, or a beta reader, or an editor in his/her own right. We are excited because our imprint is a baby and we want to nurture it and see it grow. We are excited because we want our writers and readers to feel at home with us.
We are not an answering machine
We are not form letters
We are not a call centre
Every step of the process goes through a human being, some are parents with families, some are lovers who live together, some are happily married in a mutual gay relationship. In all this we are supporters of LGBT and this is our way of giving back to our amazing society.
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