Cornerstones: What's new for 2022? 💌
This month we’re sending out some reminders about our new website and packages, and are pleased to be launching our new Resources for authors… read on for more!
Hi all,
This month we’re sending out a couple of important reminders about our new website and packages, and are pleased to be launching our new Resources for authors… read on for more!
You may have seen by now that we launched our new website and packages last week, so this is the final reminder that our rates have increased – we’ll be honouring any quotes at the current rates until the end of the month. From March 1st onwards, the new rates will apply across the board to new and returning clients (with our 5% loyalty discount for returning authors, as usual!).
There’s also a shiny new section on the website housing all of our Resources for authors, written by our very own editors. The first four posts are live already, and we’ll be promoting these over the next few weeks. The first one we’re excited to share with you is by author-editor Daniel Blythe, about all things time travel (SFF authors, this is one for you 👀).
Here’s a sneak peek into the post:
The time period you choose should be one you know well, or have researched extensively. Both World Wars, the 1960s and Elizabethan England all feel well-trodden. Even a period as recent as the 1980s – in the analogy, not so much another country as the Isle of Man – is enjoying a resurgence in fiction, with middle-aged writers reliving a teenage past in which drainpipe jeans, Duran Duran and deely-boppers provide the local colour. Researching your historical details is essential, as an alert reader will pounce upon anything off-kilter – but of course your anachronisms may be a deliberate part of the plot.Â
Language can be hard to get right, and you should make a decision early on as to whether you aim for ‘realistic’ period dialogue or have your characters speaking in something closer to modern English to represent the speech modes of past eras (as the children in The Roman Mysteries do, for example).
As usual, if you have any questions about the writing, editing, or submissions process, we’re here to help.
Very best,
The Cornerstones Team
Industry tip:
If you’re a nonfiction author wondering where to start with your book proposal, look no further! Kate Barker posted a great guide to writing proposals last week.