One of the things I get asked a lot, when people aren't asking me questions about submitting to us, is why I chose the name Rooster & Pig Publishing. I know, I know. You have an image of a farm and a rooster standing on top of a pig, but your image would be wrong.
When Rooster & Pig was created the original founder and I thought up a bunch of names and none of them seemed like they were "right" for us. We were silly but serious and we didn't want to be like other publishing houses around us. They were great and they all have something about them that make them unique but we knew from the conception of R&P that we were destined for big things. Things that hadn't been attempted by other publishing houses. So we thought and thought and one day we were discussing zodiac signs. And not just regular zodiac signs, because I'm a Scorpio and when people hear that they instantly think sex, possessiveness, a sharp tongue, and for some a Dom. I'm not saying these things are wrong about me but I didn't want the publishing house to only be thought of in that way. So looking up the Chinese zodiac sign it was discovered that the original founder's Chinese zodiac sign was a rooster and mine was a pig. Which with me being Messianic Jew we thought was hilarious.
Days later we came back to the name of the company and it hit us like a bolt of lightning: Rooster & Pig!
You see the particulars of these two zodiac signs are perfect for what we wanted to accomplish and convey for our publishing house.
The Rooster: They are deep thinkers considered to be honest, bright, communicative, ambitious, capable and warm-hearted. They have strong self-respect and seldom rely on others. As most roosters are born pretty or handsome, they prefer to dress up. They have a quick mind and hot temper. They like to be busy and neat. They are not reluctant to fall behind others and hate dawdlers.
The Pig: People born in the Year of the Pig are honest and frank, chivalrous and gallant. They have a calm appearance and strong heart. They do whatever they want with their strength. They are tolerant and optimistic, but not until they become your friends can their virtue, advantages and fidelity to friendship be appreciated. They are quick tempered, but hate arguments and quarreling. They are kind to their loved ones. They are not afraid of difficulties and problems but try to work them out. They treat friend sincerely and they do not tell lies unless they have to. They are kind and light hearted and usually go to sleep easily.
One thing became obvious to us, not just because of our signs and who we were as people, but because of what we wanted to publish and what we believed as far as books and writing went that we were the epitome of fluff and rough.
And thus we became The Rooster & The Pig Publishing: Where Fluff Meets Rough.
We have learned a lot from dealing with other publishing houses. We have learned a lot because we are authors also. We have the college education to handle the business side of things and we have a fresh approach to publishing that we believe opens the door to the many things we want to do for our authors, our books and our company.
When it comes to our books we publish everything. All genres. From general fiction to romance to fantasy to poetry to nonfiction to erotica to children's books to YA to NA and everything in between. We don't discriminate.
We publish all pairings M/F to M/M to F/F to menages to polyamorous couples. We publish trans* books and asexual books.
We publish all lengths and we welcome authors who have either never published anything before or who are veteran authors.
We have a full staff of people ready to walk our authors through the process of becoming published. We are professional but we are fun and silly.
We are a small publishing house with BIG plans. Our name may make you look twice but we hope our policy makes you stay and sub something to us.
We are looking for you. Your unique story, your unique writing style. And now we are accepting partial manuscripts so that book you have only written about three chapters for but you have the entire synopsis written for? We want to read it.
So, no, we aren't farm animals or a bunch of farmers try our hand at this publishing business. We are the rooster & the pig Chinese zodiac signs publishing company. Majestic creatures, ambitious, kind, fluffy and rough.
So if you have a book, a story you want to tell, we hope that you'll consider submitting it to us. We are open for submissions and we want you to be a part of the R&P family!
If you have any questions ask them in the comments below and I'll answer them.
-Vicktor A. Bailey
Owner, Rooster & Pig Publishing
Send your submissions to: Submissions@roosterandpigpublishing.com
Did you know we're running a steampunk contest/anthology call? And what about our Interracial vampire anthology call? Get your stories submitted!
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