No guarantees, but Blue Crow Publishing is the imprint for Kelly J. Baker's memoir Grace Period, which is also about leaving academe. The querying business is long and difficult, but some say it's best to exhaust the agent possibilities first before turning to the small presses. There are no shortcuts to the querying process (I know, having sent out about 90 for my novel), but you can start here:
Yeah, I've started my quest for an agent already, but I figure I should keep all my options open. Almost 20 years ago, my first book was published from a direct query to a smallish publisher, but of course that was a long time ago, and the way it all works these days is quite different. :)
No guarantees, but Blue Crow Publishing is the imprint for Kelly J. Baker's memoir Grace Period, which is also about leaving academe. The querying business is long and difficult, but some say it's best to exhaust the agent possibilities first before turning to the small presses. There are no shortcuts to the querying process (I know, having sent out about 90 for my novel), but you can start here:
https://www.pw.org/literary_agents
https://bluecrowpublishing.com/
Thank you!
Yeah, I've started my quest for an agent already, but I figure I should keep all my options open. Almost 20 years ago, my first book was published from a direct query to a smallish publisher, but of course that was a long time ago, and the way it all works these days is quite different. :)
Thanks for this rec!