Is Your Book Ready to Submit?

• Is the theme strong enough to support a book-length manuscript?

• Are the facts carefully researched?

• Is the point of view consistent?

• Are your characters fully developed?

• Does your main character have a clearly defined goal he or she is trying to achieve?

• Is the plot organized, building to a natural, effective climax?

• Is your plot or theme unique?

• Is the language appropriate for the age of the intended reader?

• Are there books in the market similar to yours?

If you answered no to any of those...your book isn't ready. Still needs tweaking and editing and jazzing up. But if you said yes to those...all of those questions...you're good to go!

Tomorrow: tips about Christian publishers.

Source: Bethany House Publishers