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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orcus" data-source="post: 788855" data-attributes="member: 1254">Unfortunately it seems you get to be a cautionary tale for others.Here are some problems: 1. If you are the author, you shouldnt be wasting your time with the other stuff. 2. Dont get the art. If I want to publish you, I will handle that. 3. Dont do layout. I have an art ane layout department to handle that. 4. All I want from an author is a manuscript. 5. As mentioned above, dual submissions are not popular. Frankly, dual proposals are not popular even if you say you are doing dual proposals. I get a bunch of submissions a month. Why would I pick one that had the possibility of other publishers claiming rights to it? I wouldnt. So it isnt just publishers being weenies, it actually benefits you to not do multiple submissions or even proposals. Pick the company you think fits you best and try there first. Multiple submissions usually raised the "legal problems" flag and gets you in the "circular file" right away.6. If I publish an author, I pay (usually) a flat fee for work for hire, meaning I get the rights to the work. Except for real big names (aka Gygax) there just arent many royalty agreements in this industry these days.Good luck!!My advice is to put the package together. Stress the manuscript, though. Also put in your submission that you have an artist who is on board and a layout guy who is on board. But present those as an option for the publisher, not as a mandatory part of the submission. Some publishers might like that (I wouldnt, but some might).Clark</blockquote>

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