Fiction Publishing Companies
Relieve Stress By Reading Fiction
Author: Jill Brennan
Relaxing with a book for a few minutes during a busy day can be an effective and simple method of stress relief. Fiction can also provide a good way to break down the accumulated stress of a long day and ease someone into slumber. In fact, since childhood many people have used the diversion of fiction as stress relief.
Books quickly transport a reader away from the cares that may be annoying him/her to a less taxing environment. How does fiction relieve stress? Stress and anxiety are the result of pent up chemicals in the blood stream. When people are faced with aggravating circumstances their bodies have what is referred to as a fight or flight response. Fight or flight has its origins in an earlier primitive lifestyle where there was an actual ability to either engage in combat or flee in the face of adverse circumstances. The physical activity of doing battle or retreating until another day dissipated the accumulated chemicals. These days there is no release of these stress chemicals. Since the compounds continue to accrue in the blood stream they show themselves as stress. Unrelieved stress can lead to a debilitating anxiety attack.
When anxiety mounts pulling out a good book can provide stress relief without resorting to medicine and without even having to leave the home or office environment. Reading fiction fights stress by breaking the chemical chain of events. Many times people feel powerless in the face of rising anxiety. As a result the physical symptoms of stress rapidly accelerate in a self perpetuating circle. In only a few moments some victims of stress induced anxiety can be overcome by heart palpitations, heavy perspiration and physical weakness.
Just the act of reaching for a book can break the back of an anxiety attack. Sitting down for even five or ten minutes with a good work of fiction can bring almost instantaneous stress relief. Concentrating on a book and getting lost in a good story distracts the body from the origins of the stress. As a result the body calms down and stops the production of stress related chemicals. The compounds slowly leave the blood stream. Voila, stress relief.
So, the next time you feel yourself headed toward an episode of anxiety triggered by stress pull some fiction off the book shelf and settle down for a short read. Better yet waylay stress before it has a chance to mount. Take a break every day for a little fiction stress relief.
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Houghton MIfflin is a major publisher of fiction (and a lot of other things), based in Boston. For example, they publish Philip Roth, the J.R.R. Tolkien books, and the “Best American Short Stories” series.
I can’t give you any names, I don’t know any. Perhaps you could make a web search. Without having read your book, remember that from the moment a book is published, it is mainly a commercial product, which means that it obeys the rules of the market. If your book is good, it may not sell because there are no potential readers. If it is bad, it may sell if it is promoted well. If you care about the quality of your writings, you should try to have people that are not in any close to you evaluate your work. Even if we do not want to, we tend to show the bright side of things, or highlight little good parts of them to people like our family, friends or acquaintances, while there are some bigger bad parts. [And I do not have anything against you, of course, I just wanted to give you a clue]. Anyway, good luck (oh, and make sure you somehow protect your copyrights. You never know…)
How to get started with publishing:
http://editorinchic.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/how-to-self-publish-an-overview
Download your free guide:
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You need a copy of the latest “Writer’s Market” (2010), You can probably find one at your local library or you can order it from Amazon.com here:
http://www.amazon.com/2010-Writers-Market-Robert-Brewer/dp/1582975795%3FSubscriptionId%3D14H876SFAKFS0EHBYQ02%26tag%3Dhubp04cb-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1582975795
It’s the standard reference for people in your situation.
Get a copy of the 2009 Writer’s Market book. It has pages of publishers, but you’ll have to do a little leg work and check. Also, writersmarket.com, which is the online site. Good work!
Variance Publishing might be able to help you with that.
Yes, there is, but you may want to consider doing a bit of research first. There is a wonderful site that was given to me to help find an agent:
http://www.aar-online.org/mc/page.do
I know this isn’t directly what you were looking for, but if you’re serious about getting this published, you will most likely need an agent. Most publishers require agents now, and those who don’t may not be very reputable. I’d stay clear of vanity publishers, publish on demand publishers, and self-publishers. Also, if you don’t know anybody who’s heard of them, you may want to double-check what you’re getting into. You can do background checks at the Better Business Bureau site (just do a search in Google), and it’s handy to have somebody who knows something about contracts to take a look into things too.
I started out almost exactly where you are, and was fortunate enough to have something published of mine at the age of 19…just last year. I just wish I would’ve known everything that I know now, because I probably wouldn’t have gone with the same publisher.
A good book: Writers Market 2008.
EOS, Tor, Daw and Ace are the ones who publish my favorite sci-fi books.
From my understanding, they take only agented submissions, but check out their websites for their submission guidelines. You may be able to query them without an agent.
Calling it a “fiction novel” is like saying “give me a cup-mug of coffee-java.” All novels are fiction. Just call it a novel.
What’s been said. When your book is ready to go (finished, grammar and spell checked and beta read and polished) you go into a bookstore and look for titles similar to what you’ve written. Inside the front page will be the names and websites of publishers. (You won’t find vanity press or POD or scam books there.)
Follow their submission guidelines to the letter.
Look up the websites of writers with similar works and see if they mention their agents. A short polite mail asking if they can recommend an agent is okay.
How to avoid a scammer? Google the name of the company + “scam” and see what comes up.
Join http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/
It is FREE and pro writers lurk there and run the place. You will find lots of help on writing there. They have a “Bewares and Background Checks” thread. The moderators run “Writer Beware”.
If you see “Testimonials” RUN away, they’re a vanity, pay-to-publish scam operation. No real publisher has “testimonials” on their site!
STAY AWAY FROM PUBLISHAMERICA. They are the BIGGEST ripoff site of them all.
“and when i submit a copy of the story how do I make sure the company does not take the story as their own (plagiarize).”
BECAUSE THEY WON’T.
It’s bad for business.
Trust me, publishers and editors have better things to do than that. They are too busy getting books published to bother stealing from some unknown newb.
If you read the 808 books in your library, you’ll find out all you need to know about submissions process.
You can get published but you have to do the homework. No one’s going to hand it to you.
Is there any publishing company which specifically publishes young adult fiction?
I’m a sixteen year old who’s trying to publish a book about my decadent generation. I want my fellow teenagers to read it and think about what their lives are about. I would like to know if there are any publishing companies who’ll understand where I’m coming from and take a chance with my novel.
Can anyone name some popular fiction publishing companies and give their websites and/or how to contact them?
I developed a 20 page ( 20 8″x11″ double spaced 12 pt times new roman font pages with standard margins) work of fiction as part of a class I was taking at my college and the professor suggested that I submit it to the creative writing contest that she was sponsoring. I submitted the work to the contest and ended up winning first place. This win has given me the confidence to believe that if I really wanted to I could make the work longer by adding to it in certain places, and then possibly “send” (or email) it to a publisher who might publish it. Of course I still do NOT have confidence that the publisher will even end up having a chance to notice my work in lieu of the millons of other things they probably have to do,but I figure anything is worth a try. So can anyone tell me the names of some popular fiction publishing companies, and/or if they have a website and give me the website and/or how to contact the company so I could possibly try to submit the work?
Also, be honest with me. Do I really even stand a chance at having the work published at all, or am I just wasting my time? Because ak anyone who has read it and they will tell you that the work is an absolutely fantastic work that they would love to read again. I have gotten this kind of review from colleagues and professors I have never even met. If a publisher were to just read the manuscript I am positive that their reception would be the same or similar. But I guess what I am asking is if I submit a manuscript to a company are the publishers even going to read it, or will it just be automatically assumed as something mundane and just be overlooked?
Does anyone know what fiction publishing companies have offices in the greater Boston area?
What’s a good search engine for publishing companies?
I’m looking for a publishing company that will accept a literary fiction piece I wrote. It is a letter that encompasses dark themes, including murder and a forbidden love. I need a search engine that will assist me in finding a publishing company. I’ve heard of one that lets me look for companies that pay, are geared for my theme, and publish for a certain age group. Anyone know what I’m looking for?
What is the best Publishing company for science fiction/fantasy books?
Please don’t say PA!
Does anyoen know of a publishing company in or near Happauge, NY, that publishes fiction novels?
I’ve tried google, and I’ve only come up with magazines, non-fiction biographies, newspapers, and ones in Queens. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Does anyone have a recommendation for a good publishing company to submit a fiction novel to ?
Does anyone have a recommendation for a good publishing company that will actually put my book out there and not turn out to be a scam?
and when i submit a copy of the story how do I make sure the company does not take the story as their own(plagiarize).
Can you give me a list of publishing companies that publish fiction?
I want to be a author of fiction and I’m looking for publishing companies that might accept my work. Know any?
Anyone know any? I mean, I don’t have the story right away finished and ready to publish, I just want to know some so I have a company in mind.
Publishing Companies?
Could u guys help me find some good fantasy/fiction publishing companies and their websites??? PLEASE?!?!?