Dear Author,

First, my apologies for using an impersonal form letter—I truly dislike them—but this is the most practical and efficient means of getting my message to you, the authors who have submitted manuscripts to Bowler Hat Comics, Chain Reaction Press, Dame Rocket Press, and Three Muses Press, the imprints of Ink & Paper Group.

Ink & Paper Group has elected to suspend manuscript submissions for a four-month period beginning April 15, 2008. We are, quite frankly, thrilled by the number of manuscripts arriving in our mailbox, but the editorial staff is looking a bit overwhelmed. Coffee and chocolate are no longer keeping the peace.

If you have included postage-paid packaging for the return of your manuscript, we will cheerfully return it to you. All other manuscripts received during this period will be securely disposed of.

Manuscripts received before April 15 will continue moving through our established acquisitions process. Author correspondence will be forthcoming.

On behalf of everyone at Ink & Paper Group, I thank you for your patience and understanding, but most of all for submitting your manuscripts for our review. We are eager to hear from you again when we reopen the floodgates in August.

All best to you,

Linda M. Meyer

Editor in Chief