Joining the Club but Keeping the Faith

Well I’ve joined the club. So many illustrious authors have counted themselves a member of this club. Anne Rice, Stephen King, JK Rowlings all are members. So I should feel honored to be among their number. Yes, I’ve joined the BIG leagues..

A thin envelope lay in my hand with my own typewritten return address. A sudden rush of excitement, someone actually opened my query and took the time to read it and perhaps... The editor’s reply took only a single sheet. A form letter telling me ‘thanks, but no thanks.’ (I think she even signed it herself).

Today I received my first rejection

I’ll keep this letter and cherish it. For I understand it for what symbolizes, one-step closer to the letter that will say, ‘Please forward the manuscript.’

For now, I’m waiting for my membership card to the ‘been rejected’ club-maybe I’ll get it laminated.

The First Time

The title of this post is slightly misleading. As is the blog's name. I am a writer. A writer of a book named Crazy, Sexy Genie. So here I am blogging, for the not really the first time.

You see, I've tried a personal blog, but nothing that happened to me seemed all that interesting, so it lay untouched for years. Now that my book is finally done, I feel like 'hey, things are going to start happening.' So I will keep this blog updated and abreast of the journey to being published.

First off, exciting news! I am going to NYC for the Romance Writers of America's annual conference in June. Stars were definitely in alignment for me to even conceive of going (very limited income, single mom) But like the proverb says, if the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain.

That's a lot for the first time. As most first it was quick and slightly painful, but now that that's done hopefully I can have some fun!