Apr 06 2011
Write for Us
Specifications:
- If you’re looking to write a guest article for Superhero Nation, we need articles that address some problem or issue facing a lot of novelists and/or comic book writers. Most of our articles are about writing, but we have some marketing/sales/business advice, for example. The advice does not need to be specifically about superhero stories.
- Another possibility would be a writer’s review of a particular work. You could focus on which aspects of the writing were effective, which ones weren’t, how the author could have fixed them, etc. Here are some examples of writer’s reviews.
- Suggested length: 250-750 words.
- If you mention your fiction writing, please use it to make an educational point relevant to authors that are not terribly interested in your fiction. For example, if you were writing an article about conclusions, it may help to talk about some techniques you’ve used in your conclusions. But it probably would not be very helpful to just post your last page.
- If you’re not sure what you can write about, I have some ideas here.
If you’re interested:
- Please email me 1-2 sentences describing an article you’d like to pitch and a few sentences describing how you’d like to be credited at the end. (If you have a website you’d like to link to, please include the link). I can be reached at superheronation-at-gmail-dot-com or my contact form.
- Sample article idea: “I’d like to do a superpowers checklist. This would address a few of the most common problems for authors picking superpowers for their characters.”
- Sample author bio: “I’m John Doe, a comic book writer best known for nearly getting arrested at the White House on a third grade field trip. For more of my writing, please see my gruesomely accurate blog about the publishing industry.” If you’d feel more comfortable using the third-person, that’s fine, too.
What’s in it for you:
- SN has had 400,000 readers and about 1.5 million page-views, so this is a good opportunity to build your audience.
- Link-juice. The link to your website will help your site place higher on search engine queries.
Im new how do i wright on different parts of your site
Ps: ive looked at alot of the stuff on here and it looks awesome
Emetezuel, I don’t have your email address, but I’d prefer to avoid discussing this publicly. Please email me at superheronation-at-gmail-dot-com so I can clarify my craft expectations.
I have ready written out my superhero story I just need to know where to send
If you have a comic book script written out, I’d recommend doing any rewriting and then submitting to a comic book publisher. If you have a novel manuscript, then I’d recommend doing any rewriting and submit it to (your choice) either a novel publisher directly or a literary agency. If it’s a short story (i.e. shorter than 10,000 words), I’d recommend doing any rewriting and then submitting to a short story publisher interested in superhero stories.
However, whatever you’ve written, I would recommend proofreading carefully before submitting your story. If there are several typos on page 1, a novel or short story submission probably won’t survive to page 2.
B. Mac,
I’ve noticed when reading most self-published superhero fiction there seems to be a massive information dump at the beginning. I wanted to write and submit an article about how to introduce readers to a new world at an easy pace that makes sense within the confines of the narrative. If you’re interested, I’d love to have a link back to my blog, as well as a direct link to the Amazon page where my fiction is sold.
Thanks for your time,
A. Randall Russell
Blog address: http://www.desiresplace.blogspot.com/
Product address:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006L9CHEG/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=desiresplaceb-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B006L9CHEG&adid=1FA1ZCQ7J3CJAD7EW0E9&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fdesiresplace.blogspot.com%2F
I like your article proposal and the 2 links will not be a problem. Could you write up a draft of the article and a paragraph-long authorial bio that has the two links in it and send those to me at superheronation-at-gmail-dot-com ? Thanks.