Rebel Tales Writers’ Guidelines Now Posted

They read like a short, curmudgeonly course on how to write fiction, but I have them up and posted.

You can read them here:
Rebel Tales Writers’ Guidelines

As noted elsewhere, I’m NOT ready for submissions yet. But you may have to write a whole new story to fit the guidelines, so I’ve posted them first.

You are welcome to ask questions about the guidelines. Just don’t ask if you can send in your story early.

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By Holly

Novelist, writing teacher, on a mission to reprint my out-of-print books and indie-publish my new ones.

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Mae Powers
14 years ago

These are very good guidelines. Nothing superflous about them; in fact quite concise and clearly written, just like a story should be. Thanks for them, Holly. Mae

Bill Glover
Bill Glover
14 years ago

I really like these guidelines, for the same reason you appreciate a query that starts with the The Sentence. When a magazine’s guideline says “just send us something great” it implies they they may not know know or may not know how to express what they really want.

On format, you might clarify what program you will be using to read the submitted RTF since Microsoft doesn’t follow the spec for footers and headers among other things, but OpenOffice does.
http://www.biblioscape.com/rtf15_spec.htm
That will help submitters match the format you expect to see.

If you haven’t already fixed it already, the line
“… people I value. I value my editors.) ”
should probably read
“… people I value. I value my editors.”

I like the shared risk “Another Sky” approach to the author compensation. You may be onto the next big thing. I’m looking forward to seeing Rebel Tales knock people’s socks off!

Jeff
Jeff
14 years ago

I’ve never written Sci-Fi to any extent, but for some reason reading this post has my head spinning with story ideas begging to be written. A little research on outer space, maybe a reread in quantum physics and some quick reads in the genre and I think I’m gonna try nailing some stories down.
Thanks for giving my Muse a slap Holly, he’s been snickering at me the past few days – like he knows something I don’t (always the case) and is enjoying watching me struggle.
Maybe spending the next few days working on Sci-Fi will annoy my Muse in spilling the beans with the fantasy.

EsotericEnigma
EsotericEnigma
14 years ago

Understanding that you aren’t accepting applications, do you have any sort of timetable for when you will do so? I’d like to know if I have time to finish the short story I’m working on now or if I should let it simmer and start something fresh specifically for this format. Thanks!

vanity
vanity
14 years ago

The guidelines aren’t really all that strict – they just state clearly what’s required, saving some people disappointment.

bspvirgo
bspvirgo
14 years ago

It amuses me that something called “Rebel Tales” has such strict guidelines. Perhaps “Conformist Tales,” would be a better choice. I’m joking of course – I’ve already begun work on the story I plan to submit as soon as you start excepting them!

Emerald
Emerald
Reply to  bspvirgo
12 years ago

Who says rebels aren’t strict? In fact, rebels are usually the strictest. Can’t start a revolution by lazing around.

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