If you are long term readers of this blog, you will know that for many, many years, I have been trying to become a published author.
I've had a lot of rejections along the way but for some strange reason (insanity maybe?) I refused to give up.
I have been thinking and learning about self-publishing for a long time because I'd decided that if no one wanted to publish me then I would do it myself.
But something inside me wouldn't give up the dream.
I'd been working on what I will call here, for now, Book 1, for a very long time. In fact in a very different format it was one of the first longer pieces of work I ever wrote. Over the years, I worked to improve it (in fact I wouldn't recognise it now from the original). I came across the rejection letter from Mills and Boon from that very first attempt, and I have to say I whole-heartedly agree with them.
Book 1 has been through 2 critiques through the RNA's New Writers Scheme, and my online writer friends have also been kind enough to comment on it on numerous occasions.
After finally getting Book 1 to be the best I thought it could be I decided to submit it to Choc Lit.
And, I'm delighted to say that this is the result
To say I'm chuffed to bits is the understatement of the year.
I'm so looking forward to working with the Choc Lit team who seem a very friendly bunch.
The other Choc Lit authors seem lovely too, and I've already have lots of encouragement from them.
So, now the hard work really begins, but I'm looking forward to getting my teeth stuck into it and can't wait for the day when I can say I'm a published novelist.
Its been a long time coming!
