WHO?
Brown Skin Books authors must be women
of colour and over 18.
WHAT?
Erotic fiction (novels,
short stories but no 'romance' or poetry, please) and erotic crime thrillers.
The novels/stories will be sensual, sexy and erotic, but not sleazy.
They will need to be driven by plot and character—i.e. they need
to have a ‘good story’ and strong, intriguing characters.
The books may well have serious, thought-provoking, innovative or controversial
points to make about life, sex, sexuality, desire etc, but humour could
also be an important element. The aim of the series is to explore various
aspects of black female sexuality in a way that our readers will find
interesting, possibly informative, but, at the same time, entertaining.
Erotic fiction really does need to be fiction. We don’t want
to run the risk of being sued and neither do you. Changing names or
adding ‘any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental’ is
no protection in a court of law.
Erotic novels should be between 75,000 and 90,000 words (that’s about
245 A4 pages double-spaced). Short stories should be between 6,000
and 10,000 words.
WHERE?
Please send a synopsis
of your erotic writing (no more than one A4 sheet) along with a
sample chapter (around 5,000 words) or your short story.
Please enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you’d
like your typescript returned to you. Please also enclose
enough postage (International Reply Coupons from overseas).
You can also email your submissions.
Brown Skin Books
PO Box 57421
London E5 0Z
WHY?
You'll be writing
erotic fiction for the fame, the glory, to express yourself, or
just for enjoyment. But you’ll probably want to know about
the money too. Well, you won’t immediately get rich, but,
if accepted for publication, we do pay a fee of £1500
for novels plus a share of royalties on all subsidiary rights sales.
For short stories, the fee will depend on the length, but will normally
be £25-£100 for each accepted story.
Oh, and you might not really want the fame. There are many reasons
why our authors choose to write anonymously and with Brown Skin Books,
you may publish under a pseudonym. We will respect confidentiality.
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