Loose Id calls for submissions

[julesjones]

A couple of new calls for submissions from my main publisher. Note that they're a general erotic romance publisher -- all genres, all genders, all combinations, as long as there's heat integral to the story, and at least a Happy For Now ending. Yes, I do mean "all genders", not "both genders".


Homecomings

Who doesn't love a tough and tender reunion story? Homecomings is a
themed, open-call collection centered around meaningful reunion/return
events. Whether it's the first female soldier in her family returning
from Iraq to be reunited with the boy she married before she left, a
comatose John Doe waking up, remembering his life and finding his way
home, a wrongfully imprisoned man acquitted and finding love in his
hometown or waiting for the love he left in prison, a college football
homecoming game that's especially meaningful for a player who is finally
healthy enough to play...the details are yours to create, the characters
from any walk of life, the genre any one you like -- as long as there's
a sexy romance hook and the one coming home gets his/her/their sexy ever
after.

Specifics: stories should be at least 30K and preferably not longer than
80K; all genres will be considered. The collection will be published
starting in October, so stories must be submitted no later than 5/31,
and sooner is always better. Follow the guidelines below for submitting
a proposal and including "Homecomings” in your email subject line.

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Resolutions
Every year, millions of people make resolutions for the new year. Most
of them fall by the wayside within a few weeks, but what about the ones
that don't? Resolutions is an open collection focusing on what happens
in the wake of someone's New Year's resolution.

Did they resolve to be more adventurous and meet the hunk of their
dreams finally going on that skydiving trip they promised themselves?
Did they resolve to compliment at least one stranger a day, and pick the
just right day to compliment a down-in-the-dumps billionaire? Did they
resolve to buy at least one dress that isn't black, or a pair of pants
that isn't leather? To try out for The Voice, or the local production of
Grease? Did they take their artwork into a gallery? Put their profile on
a dating site?

Resolutions features the commitment and the sexily ever after that
somehow grows out of it. Anywhere and any way that the tradition of
making resolutions exists, even if it's a place that only exists in your
imagination, a Resolutions story could take place. A Resolutions
protagonist can be anyone. The sky's the limit.

Specifics: stories must be at least 30K and preferably not longer than
80K; all genres you can work a New Year's resolution into will be
considered. To be considered for publication as a Resolutions title by
the end of 2014, we must have your submission by no later than August
15th, but they can be submitted at any time before that for earlier
publication dates. Follow the guidelines below for submitting a
proposal, and include "Resolutions” in your email's subject line.



General submission guidelines

Comments

[harvey-rrit.livejournal.com]

I read this and had to respond: of course it's not "both". Sex is denoted by chromosome supply and deployment, but gender is a matter of mental orientation. From whatever cause.

I do realize this must be very old stuff to lots of people, but the fact is I never had occasion to think about it before.

(It occurs to me I do have sort of a mental-homecoming story already in the works, but I think it'd have to be replotted too much in making the sex more of the narrative. Oh well.)