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Monday, July 25, 2005

In the Beginning ...

**Day 1 of "Journey to Publication"**

I promised to give you an inside look at my journey to publication. I will try to break it up into bite size pieces and serve them up one day at a time. So ... here is Day One.

In the beginning I was an elementary school teacher who had four kids in four years and was paying out more in childcare than I was earning. So, I became a stay-at-home-mom. In those early years while I had multiples in diapers, car seats and cribs, I was doing well just to get some sleep.

As they reached the toddling stage and I caught up on my sleep, I began to use their naptime to tap into the creative side of me. I painted tee-shirts, made jewelry and read romance novels by the truck load.

On one of my trips to the book store, there was a flyer by the cash register that said, "Have lunch with Judith McNaught." Since she was one of my favorites at the time, I said, "Okay," and picked up a flyer.

Upon further investigation, I found out the organization hosting the luncheon was a romance writing group. And they were also hosting editors and agents from New York. Whom, if you had written a novel, you could meet with.

So, I said, "Okay." And in my naivete, I sat down--during naptime--to write a romance novel before the luncheon (which was a month away).

Tomorrow, I will tell you the results of my foolishness.

For the rest of the "Journey to Publication" click on the links below:

posted by Deeanne at 2:06 AM

Monday, July 25, 2005

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