Dear Killer Nashville Authors, Presenters, and Friends,
Killer Nashville is pleased to announce the birth of a new publication—so new it doesn’t even have a name yet. As befits a newborn, its first appearance (on or near the first of May) will be in abbreviated form, but we expect it to grow quickly from a monthly newsletter to a full-fledged E-zine issued on the first of each month.
We’re excited about this project and would like to invite you to be a part of it. The e-magazine will be published by Killer Nashville with the following staff positions:
Publisher—Clay Stafford
Editors-in-chief—Jaden (Beth) Terrell and Paige Crutcher
Layout/production—Tracy Bunch
Editors and contributors—you!
The multifaceted purpose of the publication is:
• to educate others
• to create a sense of community
• to drive traffic to the conference site
• to find advertisers to help fund Killer Nashville
• to create exposure for Killer Nashville and for the E-zine contributors (there are almost 4,000 subscribers to the Killer Nashville mailing list)
Since our eventual hope is to compile selected articles into published books, contributors may even have an opportunity for a small income.
For each submission, we would need non-exclusive, non-ending print and electronic reprint rights, including the right to use the submission in newsletters, online, in print versions, or in other media. (This is not the same as one-time rights, since it’s hard to have one-time rights on, for example, a web post.) We would need to be able to use the article multiple times, either online or in print. We reserve the right to edit submissions for length, clarity, or content requirements.
However, we do not need first-time or exclusive rights to anything. The, article may have been previously published. The article may later be sold or published elsewhere by the writer (although any link to KN would be greatly appreciated). The writer retains ownership of the work. To optimize exposure, the writer’s email address and web link may be included with the article.
There is no advance payment, but for all Killer Nashville distributed materials that produce an income (e.g., if a compilation or anthology is created and sold in web, book or other format), Killer Nashville will pay a 10% collective royalty based upon gross receipts to be divided equally among all writers of that collection. In addition, authors will be collectively paid 1/2 the royalty given to Killer Nashville by any outside publisher. These numbers align well with the Authors Guild Model Contract and Guide and with the policies of the most generous of publishers or packagers.
There is no payment for free web or newsletter displays.
Submission indicates agreement to these terms.
Issues will be planned 3-12 months in advance and will eventually include the following monthly columns:
• Book Reviews of KN Authors
• Book Reviews of Nonfiction Books on Writing or Forensics
• “Fun Find” (fun or just-plain interesting mystery/suspense-related facts and activities)
• Forensic How-to
• Writing How-to
• Publishing How-to
• Computer How-to
• Getting Published How-To
• Research How-to
• Publicity/Promotion/Marketing How-to
• Genre How-to (Suspense)
• Genre How-to (Thriller)
• Genre How-to (Mystery)
• Featured Websites
• Killer Nashville Success Stories
• Monthly author, agent, and editor interviews conducted by Paige Crutcher
Each issue will have a loosely interpreted theme. The upcoming themes are as follows:
• June: Chaos (as it acts on plot or as a character – what elements besides the people act as characters in novels?)
• July: Writing Tools.
• August: Good vs. Evil
• September: Love & Loss
• October: The element of surprise – unraveling a story
• November: Coming of Age – evolution of a character in a novel
• December: Watching the Detective
• January: Secrets – skeletons in the closet
• February: The Art of the Perfect Murder – Killing Your Darlings & How to Commit the Perfect Murder.
• March: Romance in Any Genre
• April: Using Your Own Story in a Story
• May: Advising Aspiring Authors
If you’re interested in being a regular or occasional contributor, or if you would like to be interviewed for one of the issues, please contact me as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Jaden (Beth) Terrell
Executive Director, Killer Nashville
contact@killernashville.com
