Apr 06 2011
Write for Us
Superhero Nation is a writing website that’s had 650,000 readers and 2.3 million page-views. If you’re looking to build your audience, we’d love to host quality writing articles and/or reviews.
Specifications:
- We need articles that address some problem or issue facing many novelists and/or comic book writers. For example, how to write more effectively or market your writing more effectively. 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.
- Length suggestion: 300-2000 words.
- If you’re not sure what you can write about, I have some ideas here.
If you’re interested:
- Email superheronation-at-gmail-dot-com 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).
- 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 publishing industry blog.” If you’d prefer the third-person, that’s fine, too.
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.
How do feel about the Hanna-Barbera Superheroes of the 1950s and ’60s? I had thought of an idea and was wandering if those type of heroes sold very good. Just curious mostly.
“How do feel about the Hanna-Barbera Superheroes of the 1950s and ’60s? I had thought of an idea and was wandering if those type of heroes sold very good. Just curious mostly.” You mean like the Fantastic Four? I’m not sure if the cartoon was highly popular, but it only lasted 20 episodes, so I’d guess probably not.
I glanced through one of the old episodes… it might be interesting to compare/contrast how superhero cartoons have been told over the last ~10-15 years vs. before–e.g. Justice League and X-Men: Evolutions vs. 1967-8′s Fantastic Four in terms of character development, comedic sensibilities, plotting, tone of the villains, whether characters spell out obvious things for the benefit of viewers younger than 8, etc.
I’ve been reading through your dos and don’ts of writing and found them helpful and depressing because I now realize I’ve got more work to do. Thanks.
I read a story at an e-book site where the writer had a paragraph that contained the word ‘pain’ six times. Just something that could be added to the don’ts column.
Okay. Thanks, Ron!
Hi,
My nephew is a cameraman in London and challenged me to write my novella as he thought I had born the next Superhero! It’s a very inexpensive ebook on amazon, and there is a paperback edition from my website, but I’m not so good at selling and my nephew suggested your web site as he’s a fan! The book is called Nereus- secret depths. Hope you like it.
Ta! Karen. X
Hello, Karen! If I could offer a few quick tips on selling:
1) I’d recommend including a link to the book on Amazon, because that will probably be most convenient for people thinking about making the purchase.
2) I like that you didn’t get bogged down in too much detail about the book’s plot, but I’d recommend including 1-2 sentences about the plot, premise, and/or main characters.
3) Posting under a real name (or a realistic-sounding pen name) was a great call.
4) I’d recommend punctuating/capitalizing the title as Nereus: Secret Depths.
Thank-you very much indeed! I feel honoured that you got back to me so soon! A real help and much appreciated!
Karen. X
i wanted to know how well it would go to have family as a hero and a villains
i think that it would be funny because if one half were villains it would be like a battle ever day