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I am Laurie M. Rauch, Executive Editor of Samhain Publishing and Owner and Chief Code Nerd of Elle Media.

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An interview avec moi

Posted By laurie on November 9th, 2009

Yep, today I’m over at the Samhain Blog, where Bethany Morgan is doing an interview with me. Rumour has it I reveal who my favourite editor is… ;)

Call for Submissions: Red Hot Fairy Tales

Posted By laurie on September 1st, 2009

How did Belle tame the wild Beast? Did the carriage turn into a pumpkin… or did Cinderella? And just what was going on with Snow White and those Dwarves?

I’m very pleased to announce an open call for submissions for a new, yet-to-be titled Summer 2010 anthology. I’m open to any genre, M/F, M/M, or multiples thereof. I’m looking for your super-hot take on the fairy tales we grew up with and… there must be a Happily Ever After.

The anthology will include novellas from 20,000 to 25,000 words in length and will be released individually as ebooks in August 2010 and in print in Spring 2011.

Submissions are open to all authors, published with Samhain or aspiring to be published with Samhain. All submissions must be new material, previously published submissions will not be considered. Additionally, manuscripts previously submitted, whether individually or for past anthologies, will not be considered either. Please be aware that manuscripts submitted to this anthology cannot be resubmitted at a later date unless by invitation from an editor.

To submit a manuscript for consideration, please include:
The full manuscript (of 20,000 to 25,000 words) with a comprehensive 2-5 page synopsis. Please include a letter of introduction/query letter. Full manuscripts are required for this as it’s a special project.

As well, when you send your manuscript, please be sure to use the naming convention FairyTales_Title_MS or FairyTales_Title_Synopsis. This will ensure that your submission doesn’t get missed in the many submissions we receive, and makes it easy for me to find in my ebook reader.

Submissions are open until February 1st, 2010 and final decision will be made by February 15th, 2010. Please send your submission to editor@samhainpublishing.com and include Red Hot Fairy Tales Anthology in the subject line. Questions and queries can be addressed to Laurie M. Rauch (laurie@samhainpublishing.com)

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I got Inked

Posted By laurie on July 30th, 2009

An interview I did with Lara Rose, over at Romantic Inks is up today.

I reveal a deep, dark secret, and I heard rumours of a contest…

The Ties that Bind

Posted By laurie on April 30th, 2009

I’m so pleased to announce that I’ve selected the participants in my Bondage anthology, which has now been titled Binding Ties. I received a lot of really great novellas and it was a really, really tough decision. Thank you to everyone who submitted.

Binding Ties will include the following novellas:

Bound By Design by Natasha Moore
Maison Domine by Skylar Kade
The Initiation of Isabella by Jenna Ives.

I’m really looking forward to working with theses authors on what I think is going to be a really great (and really hot) anthology.

Thank you again to everyone who worked so hard on their submissions for this anthology and congratulations to Natasha, Skylar and Jenna!

New call for submissions

Posted By laurie on January 7th, 2009

Call for submissions: Samhain Publishing In a Bind Anthology

Tie them up, tie them down, use the ancient art of shibari or just plain old furry handcuffs, so long as someone’s being bound.

I’m very pleased to announce an open call for submissions for a new, yet-to-be titled Winter 2009 anthology. I’m looking for your super-hot bondage romance stories. Push the boundaries and push the bindings. I’m open to any genre, M/F, M/M, or multiples thereof. The only rule is bondage needs to be a main theme in the story and there needs to be a HEA (or HFN).

The anthology will include novellas from 20,000 to 25,000 words in length and will be released individually as ebooks in September 2009.

Submissions are open to all authors, published with Samhain or aspiring to be published with Samhain. All submissions must be new material, previously published submissions will not be considered. Additionally, manuscripts previously submitted, whether individually or for past anthologies, will not be considered either. Please be aware that manuscripts submitted to this anthology cannot be resubmitted at a later date unless by invitation from an editor.

To submit a manuscript for consideration, please include:

The full manuscript (of 20,000 to 25,000 words) with a comprehensive 2-5 page synopsis. Please include a letter of introduction/query letter. Full manuscripts are required for this as it’s a special project.

As well, when you send your manuscript, please be sure to use the naming convention Bind_Title_MS or Bind_Title_Synopsis. This will ensure that your submission doesn’t get missed in the many submissions we receive, and makes it easy for me to find in my ebook reader.

Submissions are open until April 15th, 2009 and final decision will be made by April 30th, 2009. Please send your submission to editor@samhainpublishing.com and include In a Bind Anthology in the subject line. Questions and queries can be addressed to Laurie M. Rauch (laurie@samhainpublishing.com)

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