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Calling All Authors!

A.E. Williams Editorial is excited to announce that we are now publishing books under CrazedNovelist Books (website coming soon)!

 

We're on the lookout for talented authors to submit their query letters, synopses, and manuscript samples. Open submissions will be from October 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.

 

This is your chance to have your literary work recognized and shared with the world.

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CrazedNovelist Books will be a traditional, royalty-paying publisher run by the leaders of A.E. Williams Editorial, an editorial firm that has been serving publishers and indie authors for the past six years. 

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If you'd like to learn more about A.E. Williams Editorial, you can visit the about page or contact us anytime.

Submission Guidelines

 

We're so excited to start accepting your submissions, please follow the submission guidelines below. Here are some quick tips to get your query read by the team:

 

  • At this time, we are only considering books with 40,000 or more words.

  • We will not read submissions that are attached to an email. Your submission must be in the body of the email.

  • Do not send a full manuscript unless requested.

  • If your book has been published before, please let us know in your query letter.

  • Please don't email us more than once. If you don't hear from us within a few weeks, please email info@crazednovelist.com and we'll check to make sure your submission reached our inbox. 

  • We will not accept submissions or pitches via social media, telephone, in person, or other means outside of our preferred methods mentioned above.

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What to include in your submission: In order for us to consider your book, please paste the following in the email body of your submission:

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  • Query letter (1-page, single-spaced) - be sure to include word count, genre, contact information, and bio

  • Synopsis (1-page, single-spaced)

  • Sample (up to 10 pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font)

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Genres we're not looking for: We love so many different genres (fiction and nonfiction) that it would be easier to tell you what we don't want at this time. We are currently not considering the following:

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  • AI-generated books

  • children's picture books

  • cookbooks

  • gameLit RPG

  • Illustrated books or books reliant on illustrations, images, or photographs (when in doubt, email us and we can discuss)

  • poetry

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If your genre is not listed above, feel free to send your book to us. Remember: only books 40,000 words or longer.

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Where to send queries: Email your query, along with your synopsis and sample, to submissions@crazednovelist.com. 

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