It’s been awhile since our last post, but that doesn’t mean things haven’t been happening here. Quite the opposite! Since our last post, we’ve met with one of the major publishing conglomerates in the U.S., and we’re happy to announce that at least one of their big imprints—one that’s normally closed to unsolicited submissions–is on board.

Giving demos to publishers is an energizing experience. They immediately grasp the benefits of Creative Byline’s new submissions model, and their response has been overwhelmingly positive. This is good news for writers. It means that publishers are as eager for a better solution to the submissions process as writers are, and they’re willing to be progressive in their approach.

We’ve also trained our first group of editors.  Since the service is bought at the publisher level, we were a little nervous about how the editors themselves would react, but we got terrific feedback. “It seems like you’ve thought of everything,” said one.

We tried. But after the site goes live, we’ll be listening to editors and writers alike in order to learn what, if anything, needs to be tweaked.