Does your story fulfill a wish?

[BobbyBrandt]

Here is another tip for anyone considering the option to take their writing beyond Literotica or even Amazon.

The website, Manuscript Wish List is someplace that you might want to check out. I did a search of the site today for "erotica" and found seven pages of literary agents who have that genre on their wish list.

Remember, most agents will not be interested in previously published stories, so you may want to keep this site in your back pocket until you have something new to offer exclusively to them.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

Remember, most agents will not be interested in previously published stories, so you may want to keep this site in your back pocket until you have something new to offer exclusively to them.

Apparently, Carina Press is now open to previously published (posted) stories as long as they meet their core standards for word count (between 50k and 125k) and fall into a genre that they are seeking.

 

[ElectricBlue]

By that criteria, Literotica is a public platform sharing site, thus does not constitute "previously published". But the kicker is "well established publishing background", which eliminates the vast majority here.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

By that criteria, Literotica is a public platform sharing site, thus does not constitute "previously published". But the kicker is "well established publishing background", which eliminates the vast majority here.

True, but there are several here who have expressed an interest in trying to get their stories published as well as many with stories being sold on Amazon. I thought the information might be of value to all of them.

I would think that "well-established" might include those authors here with thousands of followers, hundreds of stories posted, or multiple contest wins, but I will leave that up to the individual egos to decide for themselves if this is something that they might want to pursue.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Took a quick look, nothing much resembling Lit type erotica that I could see.

I can't imagine them touching a "typical" Lit story (I know, I know, there's no such thing).

 

[BobbyBrandt]

Took a quick look, nothing much resembling Lit type erotica that I could see.

I can't imagine them touching a "typical" Lit story (I know, I know, there's no such thing).

I guess you won't know until you try.

 

[oneagainst]

Thanks for the info @BobbyBrandt - interesting...!

 

[KeithD]

As Carina Press is a subsidiary of Harlequin and has been around for a while, it's worth a shot for those who want to get into the author zone somehow with someone else who will do the necessary work other than the writing and who are more interested in getting published than making a living at it from the get go. They take all of the rights, but that's not unusual in the publishing world. They're doing most of the work in negotiating publishing as well. I think BobbB is correct in what "well-established" would mean to Carina and that EB66 is right in that most lit. authors wouldn't make their requirements.

 

[alohadave]

They take all of the rights, but that's not unusual in the publishing world.

All of the rights as in copyright?

 

[KeithD]

All of the rights as in copyright?

Yep. Electronic, print, audio, foreign, movie, translation use rights. That doesn't mean the author doesn't receive royalties from any of these uses. It means the publisher controls the use of these derivative rights and the author can't sell them separately. It's a restrictive condition but it's not an unusual one in publishing. For a never-before-published author, it should be expected. It means the publishing house explores making money off of all these derivative rights too (including money going to the author), which is something that a new author isn't really in the position to develop and manage themselves.