Greetings, and welcome to the first of what I hope will be several guest blogs, in which publishers and editors offer commentary and advice. Today I am joined by Raevyn from
NineStar Press to answer some questions about what she looks for in a manuscript submission.
1) Tell us a bit about yourself and your company
NineStar Press is an LGBTQIA+ publisher owned and managed by LGBTQIA+ people. We work to showcase amazing literary works about characters less represented in fiction: ace, aro, trans, nonbinary, genderfluid, bi, pan, etc. We adore romance and erotic romance, but we also like genre-bending fiction, fusion genre, and stories that don’t quite fit into a particular category.
Books have always been an important part of my life, but there were never enough books with people like me when I was growing up. And as the owner and managing director, I am always looking for books that tell our unique stories. Stories that have marginalized people as the main characters.
I have worked to find people to join me who have a passion for good stories. People who have the same ideas when it comes to the books we sign. We want to be immersed in the time period or the magical land. We want to empathize with the characters, to feel like we know a good deal about them by the end of the book. To feel like we are finally fully represented in books that can be found on genre shelves rather than in the small LGBT sections.
And so NineStar’s goal is to fill the world with stories for and about people across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum.
For more about Raevyn, the owner:
https://ninestarpress.com/thursday-thoughts-raevyn/
