Hello. I recently completed a 60,000 word fantasy novel with 35 pictures I created using various computer software products such as Poser, Vue, and Cinema 4D.  I originally planned to submit the story with the picutures in black and white embedded within the story pages.  Their size on the pages would 4x3 inches.

This was my plan until I found a few books such as "The First Five Pages" by Noah Lukeman suggest against the idea of including pictures.  The few books I saw on this say that publishers prefer to use their own illustrators. 

What I am wondering is if anyone has actually tried to submit a manuscript with their own pictures or if anyone knows of some authors who have done so and still acheived an accepted manuscript.

Attached to this note is a sample of one of the many pictures I have created for my story.  I think the quality is good but that may be irrelevant if publishers simply reject such works.

How about submitting it without, and when they accept it suggest you use your own artwork? Sorry I have never been brave enough to actually try and publish anywhere but here.

My gut says it's a bad idea to include the pictures, no matter how good they are. Without pictures you have to capture the imagination of the editor only once. With pictures you have to capture the imagination of the editor twice: once with the words, and again with the images - for their vision may not necessarily be your visual. If they accept your manuscript then, as mamabobbijo suggests, might be the time to propose the graphics too.

~jon

 
~jon
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