A book is made up of words, words placed in particular places, with particular purpose. For every book you need a title, if it’s an anthology you need a list of the contents inside the book, and the names of the writers of each piece inside. You may well have a foreword (written by someone other than the person writing the book), and an introduction (written by the author of the book).
And you need a front cover, something relevant and eye-catching. You also need a back blurb, that is short, and interesting enough to encourage potential readers to get the book, and read it. As the person editing this anthology, I have an idea for a possible front cover, and I may have a go at producing a photograph that will suit. (but I may not be able to get a good enough photo, it needs to be clear and sharp for the best result). I do, however have friends who are excellent photographers, wait and see what we might be able to come up with.
I spoke with one of my friends, at my writing group meeting (which are now happening online), and she is certainly keen on being involved, in fact also wishes to submit non fiction to this Anthology, as do some of the other group members. This is an exciting time for me, and I’m thrilled I have friends coming along with me!
I have another friend, who has written a blurb for me in the past, and I’m hoping he may well do the same again, when I ask him, which I’ll be doing soon. (I asked, and he said yes, yay!). What else does a book need? Well obviously, a book needs content, lots and lots of content. At the moment the draft copy of the book has the introduction, a few poems, and one piece of prose (the Introduction). It needs a lot more than just that. I have a vision of a book with at least around 76 to 80 pages, and hopefully more than that.
But for this to happen, I need other people to write on this compelling subject of this Coronavirus pandemic. There is much being written on Social Media, but that isn’t any good to me, I need things sent to me, if they’re to be printed in this book. I have a few things on offer from other people, and have had some encouragement about the need for a book like this, so that keeps me hopeful.
If you are interested in taking part in this exciting writing opportunity, please send your submission to kittycordo@gmail.com. The guidelines are:
3 poems (up to thirty lines each poem), and/or prose (up to three pieces, with total word count for the prose of 2,000 words).
Send you work as an attachment of an email, with the subject heading of – ‘Plague Invasion submission (your name)’
I know this is going to be a challenge, and will take time. But I have the time, and the determination, and so, it will happen, I will make sure of it! So keep an eye out for “Plague Invasion – Creative Writing Responses to Covid-19”.
Carolyn Cordon - Creative 