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Submissions are currently closed until July 2023!
From cozy mysteries to hard-boiled crime, psychological thrillers to domestic noir, police procedures to legal dramas,
RDP wants you!
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If you're accepted, we will work with you on the following,
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Professionally edit, proofread, and format your book.
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Collaborate on the cover design.
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Produce high-quality ebook and print versions of your titles.
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Advertise and market your book on social media, Amazon, and many other online platforms.
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Provide comprehensive blog tours for each title.
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Promote your book to our social media contacts and growing list of crime readers.
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Provide support and advice leading up to and after publication.
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Provide advance copies to our specially selected reviewer group.
So, if your manuscript is complete at over sixty-thousand words, and in good condition (not the first draft…) then follow these simple steps to submit it to us:
In one email, adding your name, the book title, and word count as the subject, send us the following as separate Word documents:
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A cover letter telling us about you and your writing history (don’t worry if this is your debut, just tell us!)
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A synopsis of no more than 2000 words
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The first three chapters or the first 5000 words – whichever comes first – of your manuscript
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Send to: admin@reddragonpublishing.info
We will respond to all submissions, but do give us a nudge if you haven’t heard from us after six weeks.