No snail-mail queries will be accepted. If there is an interest, we will directly contact the author. Blank emails that include an attachment will be deleted unread. (Some sample texts drawn from public domain books have been provided for your convenience.) This week, write a snap poem.A strong premise often leads to a strong story. Emails containing attachments will not be opened and will be automatically deleted due to security reasons. I’m currently hard at work on a sequel to Dragon Pearl, my middle grade space opera. Emails containing unsolicited attachments will be deleted.Author coach Nina Amir shares a few secrets on how to increase your writing productivity.Here are the top writing community websites as identified in the 22nd Annual 101 Best Websites from the May/June 2020 issue of Writer's Digest.Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. Find all information about the book A Call to Arms of , about reviews, ratings, description & buy book. If querying via email, please only put the contents of your query IN the email. There are a few backer awards at various levels of support, and I’m definitely open to hearing suggestions for other awards.If you’d like to help out, please take a look, and thank you!Play the roles of interstellar soldiers relying on each other to survive after they’ve escaped from the war. Space opera definition is - a futuristic melodramatic fantasy involving space travelers and extraterrestrial beings. Send queries to dongwon [@] morhaimliterary.com.Notes: "I’m most interested in novels with elements of SF, not overwhelmingly in-your-face SF (meaning entire space settings, alien-focused stories, inter-planet battles, and that sort of thing, aren’t right for me). "How to Submit: Send queries to AAquery [@] mcintoshandotis.com. Because of the high volume of submissions we receive, we will only respond to queries when we are interested in reviewing additional materials. "We highly encourage everyone to send an email and/or query letter initially, before attempting to send a full book proposal or sample chapters. Along the way, she’ll encounter space pirates, a sinister tiger spirit captain, ghosts, and more–perhaps even the legendary Dragon Pearl with its ability to terraform worlds. Tag: middle grade + Throwback Thursday: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Email attachments are acceptable. "How to Submit: To query, please email query.cmcdonald [@] maassagency.com with the query letter, synopsis, and the first ten pages of your novel pasted into the body of the email.How to Submit: Send a query and the first ten pages of your ms pasted into the body of the e-mail to Penny [@] empireliterary.com with the word “Query” in the subject line.How to Submit: Send queries to Amanda [@] redsofaliterary.com. Praise for SEVENTH GRADE VS. My space opera trilogy, The Machineries of Empire, is available from Solaris Books: Other stories in the world of the hexarchate, which can be read as stand-alones:And for lagniappe, you can buy hexarchate prints at You can support at any level from $1 on up, and the site will charge you monthly. Good luck querying!Notes: "I prefer my adult speculative fiction to have some grounding in reality, so for that audience am looking for SF set in our world, or a world with strong echoes of our own. They don't have to be saving the world, but if they are it needs to be a well thought out and unique idea. Eleanor Cameron Notable Middle Grade Books List, Winner, 2020; ... his middle-grade action-adventure space opera is just plain fun.”— ... “An exciting adventure full of humor and action that will make you wish you went to school in space.” —Gareth Wronski, author of Holly Farb and the Princess of the Galaxy .