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December
30, 2000
Got
scores back from the Emily contest. Both judges scored Red
Shoes 136 out of a possible 145. They both wrote very nice
and encouraging comments on the entry and suggested
submitting to Harlequin Temptation/ Blaze
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October
17, 2000
Received
a form rejection letter from Harlequin, declining
Destiny's Dream. It didn't hurt that bad because after
meeting with Ms. Chin, I knew they wouldn't buy it. And
since I won the Blaze contest, who cares?
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October
1, 2000
Mailed
a partial submission [the first four chapters and
synopsis of Red Shoes] to Brenda Chin's attention. I
fantasize that she'll call me in the next few weeks and
tell me how much she loves it. Dream on, right?
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September
29, 2000
WooHoo!
Brenda Chin called today to tell me Red Shoes placed second in the
Blaze contest! She asked if any of the book was written and I told
her I was in the process of revising it, but could send her the
first four chapters. Here's hoping
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August 15,
2000
Mailed
two love scenes from Red Shoes to the Harlequin Blaze Contest. I
even wrote a 'cover blurb' for the story. I'm sure a lot of people
entered because HQ was really talking up the contest and the new
line at the conference. I probably don't stand a chance but I
entered anyway.
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July 30, 2000
Talking
with several authors over drinks gave me an idea. Kelsey Roberts
told a story about finding a pair of shoes in her hotel room the
the National in Chicago. Dani Sinclair checked into the wrong room
at this conference- she didn't even notice all of the men's
clothes and toiletries until security took her back upstairs! I'm
going to call the new wip, Red Shoes and a Diary- a take off of
the HBO series.
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July 29, 2000
Had
my editor appointment with Brenda Chin at the RWA National
conference. Won't say she hated Destiny, but she sure didn't love
it. Despite that, she asked me to send her a proposal. This is a
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July 12, 2000
Mailed
query [first chapter and synopsis] of Destiny to Ms. Brenda Chin at
Harlequin Temptation and mentioned that we have an editor
appointment at the RWA National conference later this month. Will
she have time to read it before she sees me?
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February 2000
Decided
to try my hand at category romance. Looking over the keeper shelf,
noticed that most of my category books are Harlequin Temptation so
I'll target that line.
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January 2000
Destiny's
Dream was published as an e-book. Hooray! Does this mean I'm a
published author since I did it myself??
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May 1999
In
the last year I wrote five chapters on Destiny's Dream, then hit a
wall. This is the worst case of writer's block I've ever had.
Finally took a class on plotting and managed to write an outline for
the rest of the book. Hopefully, things will go much smoother now.
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May 1998
Began
with an idea and scribbled a few pages of the scene I'd imagined on
the train to work. The story will be set on a cruise ship since I
loved the cruise we took last fall. I've even thought of a name-
Destiny's Dream. It will be both the title and the name of the ship |
