Submission Guidelines
To be considered please follow
the  guidelines as described below.
Fiction Requirements
Initial introduction
  • Send a query by email introducing yourself -- Include a Authors Bio
    along with a brief synopsis (100 words or less) of the book that you
    are pitching in the body of an email, (attachments will not be
    accepted) or submit by mail with a printed hard copy to the address
    provided below.

    Next step is to wait for a response to see if we are interested.  
    Typically this should take thirty business days following receipt of
    your introduction packet.

                                What if I sparked an interest?
                  You will be notified to then submit the following:
    The first two or three chapters of your manuscript (no more than 100
    pages.)
  • A plot summary - must include the ending of your book
  • Your Bio
  • A Self Addressed Stamped Envelope (otherwise your material will
    not be returned)

Okay, what's the next step?

You will be notified to then submit the following:
  • Entire MS
  • A Self Addressed Stamped Envelope (otherwise your material will
    not be returned)
  • Any other pertinent materials necessary to assist us on the decision
    making of representing your manuscript, such as --Proposals,
    Website address (if applicable), along with any other further
    marketing materials already designed and available,  regarding
    your work, etc..
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Non Fiction Requirements
Initial introduction
  • Send a query introducing yourself -- Include a Authors Bio along with a
    table of contents of the book that you are pitching inside the body of an
    email or a printed copy to the address provided below.

    Next step is to wait for a response from us to see if we are interested.  
    Typically this should take thirty business days following receipt of your
    introduction packet.
                                What if I sparked an interest?

             You will be notified to then submit the following:
  • Entire MS,  including the Table of Contents, Prologue
  • Author BIO
  • A Self Addressed Stamped Envelope (otherwise your material will not
    be returned)
  • Any other pertinent materials necessary to assist us on the decision
    making of representing your manuscript, such as --Proposals,
    Website address (if applicable),along with any other further marketing
    materials already designed and available regarding your work,  etc..
Currently, send all queries to:

Light Sword Publishing LLC
P.O. Box 851556
Westland, MI 48185
or email us at:

submissions@lightswordpublishing.com
Our guidelines follow the industry standards for mss
submissions.

See below for a suggested list of guidelines for works of
FICTION:

Page Set-up
8 1/2 x 11 portrait
.5 for header and footer
Margins
1 inch – top, bottom, right, left
Font
10 or 12 point, Times New Roman or Courier New
Paragraph
Double spaced
Tab indent
½ inch
Sentence Spacing - only one space between sentences.  


Document should include:

Copyright page
author(s) name
address
name of  manuscript
how many chapters
word count
number of pages of submission.
Dedication page
Acknowledgment page
Title page
Chapter One (following specs above)
Include the title of your work, your name in the Header and
Footer.
Consecutive numbering -center, bottom.
New chapters begin on the top of the next page.

Your submission is subject to be returned, unopened, without
adhering to the above guidelines.