However, a story should be no longer than it needs to be. When we contract on the submission, we expect to publish the book we have contracted on. The best way to determine whether your book is right for us is to thoroughly research our company by buying NCP books. However, the list below should help also. This is not a MUST and, in fact, the motivation of love could apply to love of family, or self etc.
Self preservation is a perfectly acceptable motive.
Strive for accuracy and open-mindedness. Any decade of the twentieth century between 1900 and the 1970's. Setting - US preferred, but not exclusive. We don't want to see someone popping a TV dinner in the microwave in 1950. Young people of the 20's were wild, the depression sparked conservatism, and the Vietnam Era spawned another wave of excessive behavior.