Thank you for your interest in MuseItUp Publishing.

Our closing dates each year to submissions are:

December 1st to March 1st

June 1st to September 1st

Please allow up to twelve to sixteen weeks for a response to assessments.

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF SUBMISSIONS EMAIL: Due to tech problems we have changed the email to submit your work to. Our new submissions email is:

musesubs AT gmail DOT com

We are currently closed to short stories 10k words and under.

MuseItUp Publishing opened its door to writers March 2010. We follow the motto: Building the team to achieve the dream! which simply means gathering writers who understand that a 'family' of writers in a house can achieve a goal when they work together.

We welcome new and seasoned writers to send us their manuscripts. Simultaneous submissions will be accepted provided it is clearly stated in your cover letter that another publisher is considering your work. Our authors do not pay a fee to e-publish their books with us. We provide editing and cover art for all our books, and assign the ISBN to your work.

We are open to the following genres:

• Romance - everything from: romantic comedy, contemporary romance, fantasy romance, historical romance, paranormal romance, romantic suspense, western romance, sweet romance, sci-fi romance, time travel romance
• Paranormal - Fantasy -  we love vampires, ghosts, witches, werewolves and shape shifters...and dragons
• Mystery - Suspense -Thriller - captivate us with the pacing of your novel. Hint: we love cozy mysteries
• Young Adult - we're big fans of the Potter & Twilight series but seeking a unique voice for this target group
• MuseItYoung – this division is for our tween crossover chapter books for 10 – 14 year olds - NO PICTURE BOOKS
• Horror & Dark Fiction - scare the living daylights out of us with your settings, dialogue, and characters - not with blood and gore and missing human parts. Use the power of your writer's voice to draw images that will leave readers sitting at the edge of their seats.
• Science Fiction - do you have a fantasy/romance/paranormal/etc. set in another planet? Fleshed out your otherly world? Then give us a shout.

       MuseItHOT imprint

•   is actively seeking erotic romance, whether naughty but nice, naughty and sizzling, or naughty and sizzling HOT. We would like to see well-developed stories and characters we can easily connect with. We’ll acquire erotic romance in all subgenres: Contemporary, suspense, paranormal, fantasy, historical, f/f, m/m, ménage (with people please, no animals!!) We accept stories from 3000 words and up, but prefer novella lengths ranging from 15000 to 25000 words.
• The sexual relationship should enhance the storyline and character development, contributing to the forward motion of the plot.

MuseItHOT Publishing is seeking romance erotica for our Short ‘N Spicey lineup. Stories can be anywhere between 3000 – 20,000 words. Please send your full ms with a short synopsis as attachments to

musesubs AT gmail DOT com

with Short ‘N Spicey on the subject heading. Stories can be in any genre but must include a romantic theme. Can be F/M, F/F, M/M.

Please include in your submission which of the three heat levels your story falls under:

Naughty but Nice: some graphic language and scenes

Naughty with sizzle: might include some fantasy, spanking, toys, and f/f, m/m, with several love scenes

Sizzling HOT!: explicit love scenes and language, multiple partners, same sex relationships, toys…elements that are heavier than the above heat levels.

We're also seeking Christmas stories for our 2013 publication in both our mainstream and erotica divisions.

We are currently NOT seeking: short stories under 10k words other than erotic romance , short story collections or anthologies, Poetry, nonfiction, or stories written by more than two authors.

We are an e-publishing house with the aim of publishing e-books first and print books to follow an e-book release within a year (only novel length books of 45,000 and more will be considered for print.)  If print is not published within a year of the e-book release, print rights are reverted back to the author and the e-book rights are still maintained until the duration of the contract.

Although we are open to all genres as stated in our guidelines above, we are actively seeking the following for MuseItUp and MuseItHOT:

• young adult romance (for mainstream)
• vampires and other undead creatures
• cozy mysteries
• thrillers
• tween chapter books (for boys especially)

HOW TO SUBMIT GUIDELINES

On the subject heading place Sub: title of your work. Within the body of your email include the following in your cover letter:

• your real name
• your pseudonym, if any
• email address along with your website link if any
• title of your work and if this is part of a series
• genre
• word count
• brief author bio
• cover letter introducing yourself, and your work

Please attach the following with your cover letter introduction, making sure your manuscript includes your name, pseudonym, title, snail mail address word count, genre, and email address on the left hand side of the opening page:

• your full manuscript in RTF or DOC (not docx),
• and a brief synopsis in RTF or DOC (chapter by chapter is not necessary)
• Name the file: TITLE_YourName - ex. SHIMMERING_JaneSmith

All our submissions are electronically based. We do not accept snail mail submissions. We're in tune with the times and also prefer to save you a few bucks. We will confirm receipt of manuscript as soon as we can.

THINGS WE WILL NOT ACCEPT:

• any work depicting forced rape (depends on several factors...email for more details)
• abuse of children or any sexual tone with minors under the age of eighteen
• bestiality
• partially or incomplete and unedited manuscripts
• necrophilia
• incest
• fanfiction
• anything that includes bodily fluid (solids included)
• NO PICTURE BOOKS

FORMATTING:

• Please use Times New Roman regular, font 12 pt
• Chapter headings in 14pt bold or use Heading 2
• No page numbers
• one inch margins all around
• no headers or footers
• do not underline but use italics for inner thoughts - ABSOLUTELY NO UNDERSCORES!
• all telepathic communication must contain quotation marks and italicized (quotation marks italicized too)
• send to musesubs AT gmail DOT com addressed to Acquisition Editors

Royalty and Contracts

Our books are published in digital format, and we pay a royalty of 50% of the download price from our bookstore, and 40% from third party vendors. Consideration for print are for books 45,000 words and more only, which will receive a royalty of 20% net. Our contract is for three years.

Word Count & Pricing of our E-books

Short Stories

 

3,000 -4,000                  = 0.99cents
4,001 - 5,000 words      = $1.99
5,001 - 15,000               = $2.50

 

 

Novellas
15,001 - 25,000              = $3.50
25,001 - 35,000              = $4.50

 

Novels
35,001 – 60,000              = $5.50
60,001 – AND UP           = $5.95

Thank you for your interest in MuseItUp Publishing.