Agents & Editors

The Romance Writers of America‘s annual national conference just ended. It has been four days of non-stop fun. I can’t decide what I enjoyed more: the workshops, the fangirl moments, the visits with new and old friends, the RITA Golden Heart ceremony, or the amazing shoes people wore. 🙂 It’s hard to put into words how much you learn and how much fun you have at the event. You really have to go to get the whole experience. Imagine a whole conference room filled with women–and a few men–who love what they do, are incredibly passionate about their work–and books …

No matter what Jim Hanas says about writers being caught up in the lottery of “rejection porn,” I love reading about successful writers who made it after a gazillion rejections. I’m a sucker for lists that tells me how many times authors like J.K. Rowling, Louis L’Amour, Dan Brown, and C.S. Lewis were rejected. Why? Because knowing others found success after rejections is what kept me submitting my manuscript even though I gained a total of forty-seven forty-nine rejections. (Update: after I sold, I received 2 more rejections from retracted queries.) Fifteen of those were on full requests. And, to make things worse, …

Just found out I came in second in the “On the Far Side” contest. It’s always better to be a winner, of course, but I am so happy to be a finalist that the silver medal seems like even more cherries on top of an already amazing sundae. The editor who judged my category gave great feedback. She basically said she liked everything about the story: the pacing, the characters, the writing, but gave it a second place because she’s not a fan of mixing mythology with futuristic elements. (My story is about a genetically enhanced heroine who gets entangled …

Just found out my VALHALLA’S KING manuscript is a finalist in the Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal (FF&P) RWA chapter‘s contest “On the Far Side.” It’s my first time to final in a contest and I’m so very honored. These courses are made of two differentiated instruction departments: drivers ed coursework and behind-the-wheel instruction. viagra free Take this medication orally with or without food, before 1 hour when a man is planning to deeprootsmag.org levitra uk have sexual activity and its effect start within 30 minutes which stays for 4 to 6 hours duration. This is a jelly-form treatment and makes …

The last few weeks I’ve been obsessed about e-pub vs. print and self publish vs. traditional houses. Over at Bark I blogged about how I learned that the term “self-published” is too filled with negativity, so the hip new term is “indie author.” I also wrote about how a writer friend emailed me Jim C. Hall’s very funny cartoon to get me to shut up about the whole thing. Well, I’m happy to report that I’m not longer obsessing. The Rose City Spring Intensive has renewed my enthusiasm for writing, given me new hope about getting published, and shown me—yet …