I received an email about two weeks ago from production welcoming me again to the publishing company and the steps I needed to take. I have been so busy with work and my kids schedules that today was the first time I could look over everything again.
The email asked for me to re-submit my story to make sure it met the submission guidelines to ensure that the entire production process would run more smoothly and quickly. I clicked on the link within the email and it took me to their submission requirements website.
The first step was to review my story and make sure I had it the way I wanted it. So I read it over a few times and then decided to do some more research. I'm glad I did. I worked on adding a few more details to my story, which I hope improved it. I changed my title as well and decided on my authors name to put on the title page. Then I had to save it in a certain format. The only thing I wish I would have done first, was print it out the way I had originally wrote it. I kept saving it to the same file so now I do not have a copy of my original story. So I recommend for anyone out there who is writing a story to either print out your original or save the editing in a different file just in case you like the original better.
The next step took me to the childrens book guidelines. I had to write the "Backmatter," which is the teaser that goes onto the back. I have to say that took some time and a few prayers. I even had to call my best friend for help with my last line. I liked how it turned out though.
After that, I had to write the Author's Bio. That also took some time and wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. But I ended up with something I liked. I saved it in the format required.
My last step was to send the publishing company an email and attach my files. So now it is in their hands again. I hope I hear from them again soon.
