I would like to submit a story for your monthly Short Story feature, how do I do that? As of October 2004, we are accepting submissions for our monthly Fiction Feature. Please click here for details. I have a novel I would like to add to your book list. How do I go about submitting it? We accept submissions of commercial and self published novels, short story collections, and poetry collections. Please send us a copy of your book with a check made out to writingsite.com for the reading fee: $75.00. Mail to writingsite.com, P.O. Box 219, Pomfret Center, CT 06259 If your book is not chosen to be added to our list, and you include a suitable SASE, we will return your copy. Please include a legal-size SASE so we can notify you of our decision. If your book is accepted, there is a one-time $35.00 set-up fee. If your book is accepted and you wish to have the first chapter available to be read on-site, there is a $50.00 one-time charge for that service. You may request that your book be removed from the list at any time. Some on-line writing sites state that agents and publishers view the sites on a regular basis. Can I be fairly certain that work I publish on your site will get this kind of exposure? Sorry, we can’t guarantee that. There are probably very few sites that can. How does downloading an e-book work? To read a sample chapter of any of our e-books, you’ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you have that software already installed on your computer, simply click on Sample Chapter. Then, if you wish to buy the entire e-book, click on Purchase. This link will take you to a secure page where you can make your purchase. You’ll receive an e-mail from us containing a link, a user name, and a password. When you use the link, you’ll be asked to enter your user name and password, which will enable you to download your book. If you don’t already have it, we suggest you download Adobe eBook Reader (there’s a link on our e-books page.) eBook Reader is a free download from Adobe and provides an easy reading experience on-screen, with convenient buttons for viewing, turning pages, and book marking. It even allows you to create a library of e-books. How does Adobe e-Book reader work? Adobe eBook Reader is simple to use. When you download an e-book, make sure you note its location on your computer. Open eBook Reader. Below the navigation buttons, in the lower right corner, click on Library. Locate your newly downloaded e-book, double-click on it, and click Open. The e-book becomes part of your eBook Reader library. Double click on its icon to read your new book. How do I download Adobe eBook Reader? Click on the link to go to the Adobe site. You’ll be asked to choose a version of eBook Reader. Click on the version you want and you’ll be taken to a registration form. After you fill out the form and submit it, you’ll go to a download page. Choose eBook Reader for Windows, Mac, or an upgrade. Select Download Software. Once your download is completed, click on the installation icon to install. You’ll also find download instructions on the Adobe site. I tried to print the e-book I bought, but my print command won’t work. On our site, e-books are only meant to be viewed electronically. They cannot be printed. Authors on our site may choose to offer their books in paper form as well as electronically. You’ll find the book on our e-book list and on our p-book list, if that’s the case. I have a novel I’d like you to look at. Can I send it to you on disk? Reading a novel critically is a lengthy process. We require a paper copy, typed on one side only and double-spaced, so we can make comments directly on the manuscript. Here’s the process we’d like you to follow: Before sending the entire manuscript, send us a sample chapter and a brief letter stating the length of the manuscript, and providing some background on your writing experience, if applicable. You can send this preliminary query by regular mail, as an e-mail attachment, or as a copy and paste on our Book Doctor Submission page. We’ll review your query as quickly as possible and let you know our timetable for reviewing your book. The fee for our Book Doctor service is listed on that page and we ask that you include a check when you send the entire manuscript or, if you prefer, pay by credit card on-site. Also, please include an SASE for return of your manuscript and our assessment. I particularly enjoyed one of the e-books on your list. How can I let the author know? We’ll be glad to forward e-mail to authors on our list. Write to authors@writingsite.com and put the author's name in the subject field. Do you intend to hold on-line classes? If we receive enough requests, we may start an on-line class. How do I send a ms. to you? You can send a book-length ms. by USPS to writingsite.com, P.O. Box 219, Pomfret Center, CT 06259. Please contact us by email first. You can send a short story electronically by attaching your file in the Submit field in Quick Clinic. Note: Please send your work as a .doc or .rtf. Do not send as .txt, as all your formatting will be lost. How do you handle credit card payments? We know that making a credit card purchase on the web can cause uncertainty, and we wanted to assure those using our site that their credit card transaction is handled accurately and securely. After researching internet trust services, we chose VeriSign, Inc. VeriSign's secure site handles your credit card purchase. For those who would like more information, we offer links to VeriSign on our Services page and on each transaction page.

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