| Now faith is
the substance of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen. - Hebrews 11:1
Welcome to
Faithful Publishing
We are a small independent press
and are unable to accept unsolicited manuscripts.
Our production committment through
2007 excludes us from accepting more projects
at this time.
A word to wise about queries. Writers
should consider the query to be the same as an
interview for a job. Most would agree that a job
interview requires the interviewee to be dressed
appropriately and to present his/herself in the
best light possible. It's really your best and
only shot at demonstrating your level of skill
for composition, grammar, imagery and clear, concise
communication. A query that has not even been
spell-checked or has glaring grammatical errors
is not unlike wearing a mismatched ill-fitting
jog suit to an interview for an executive position.
It is a given that once a bad first
impression is made in the interview there is never
a call-back.
When we are accepting queries, we consider brief
synopsis by email only. Before spending your precious
time and ours please carefully consider the type
of books we represent.
• Books classified as Inspirational
• Books printed digitally
(Print On Demand)
• Books with broader marketing
potential and not necessarily destined for bookstore
shelves
Consider also, even though we do
things differently, we have the same standards
as any traditional publisher and every book we
accept into our library will be well-crafted.
This includes grammatically and typographically
correct. If we agree to read a manuscript we will
expect from the author no less than a simple,
unformatted, single-spaced, spell-checked,
Microsoft Word document file saved in chapters.
Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is concise.
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words,
a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same
reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary
lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. - William
Strunk, Jr
Writing is hard work; good writing is even harder.
Publishing is practically impossible. - A Fields |
