Brown Skin Book authors must be women of colour and over 18.
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.
Please send a synopsis (no more than one A4 sheet) along with a sample chapter (around 5,000 words) or a few pages of your story (around 2,000 words). 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. We will acknowledge receipt of all submissions.
Brown Skin Books
PO Box 57421
London E5 0ZD
email: info@brownskinbooks.co.uk
Why wait? Do it now. Get that first sample chapter off to us now.
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 £750-£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.