Susan Gable
04-26-2005, 02:33 AM
To offer some encouragement, I thought I'd share some information with you from the May RWR (Romance Writers Report.) In the First Sales column this month, there are11 listings. 11 First Sales! (Ha, and PA wants you to believe this doesn't happen!) These are sales made only to publishers recognized by RWA. (And while I considered putting this post in Romance, I opted for Novels because I wanted to offer encourage to all the novelists out there!)
Jennifer Armintrout sold to Luna, Harlequin books, getting a 3-book contract. Blood Ties, a vampire novel, will be a 2006 Luna release. Blood Ties was the first full-length ms she completed before selling.
Britta Coleman sold to Warner books, Center Street imprint. (I think that's their chick lit line, but I'm not certain.) June 2005 release: Potter Springs. This was her first completed full-length ms.
Laura Drewry sold to Kensington Publishing. She's been writing for 6 years, and Here Comes the Bride was her third completed ms. Release date May 2005.
R. Garland Gray sold Predestined to Medallion Press. June 2005 release.
Candace Havens sold Charmed and Dangerous, her second completed ms, as the first book in a 2-book contract to Berkley. She's been writing fiction for 3 years, and a nationally syndicated entertainment columnist for 16 years. Charmed and Dangerous will be released in Sept. 2005.
Judith Lown sold to Avalon Books. Her Regency romance, A Match for Lady Constance, was her first completed ms, and an April 2005 release.
Dorothy McFalls sold The Marriage List to NAL. It's a May 2005 release from Signet Regency, and was the fifth full-length ms she completed before selling.
Fredericak Meiners, AKA Ann Macela, sold The Oldest Kind of Magic to Medallion Press. It will be released in October 2005, and was the fifth full-length ms she completed. Macela has been writing for five years.
Janet Mullany sold to NAL. Dedication, a Signet Regency romance, will be released in Sept. 2005. Mullany has been writing for four years, and Dedication was the second full-length ms she completed before selling.
Cindy Roussos, aka Cynthia Eden, in a two-book contract with ImaJinn Books, sold her fourth completed ms, The Vampire's Kiss. It will be rleased in the spring of 2005.
Constance Sprague sold Tall Order to Avalon Books. She has been writing for four years, and this book was her third completed ms. Tall Order will be a June of 2005 release.
Besides these nine, I also know there have been a couple of other new authors recently purchased by Harlequin for various imprints/lines.
Folks, it can be done. (Despite what PA tells its writers!) Notice that many of them have been writing for several years, and have already completed a number of manuscripts. Take heart, keep trying, learning, improving. Never give up! One of the new sales I recently read about was a woman who'd been at this (writing & submitting!) for 13 years.
Susan G.
Jennifer Armintrout sold to Luna, Harlequin books, getting a 3-book contract. Blood Ties, a vampire novel, will be a 2006 Luna release. Blood Ties was the first full-length ms she completed before selling.
Britta Coleman sold to Warner books, Center Street imprint. (I think that's their chick lit line, but I'm not certain.) June 2005 release: Potter Springs. This was her first completed full-length ms.
Laura Drewry sold to Kensington Publishing. She's been writing for 6 years, and Here Comes the Bride was her third completed ms. Release date May 2005.
R. Garland Gray sold Predestined to Medallion Press. June 2005 release.
Candace Havens sold Charmed and Dangerous, her second completed ms, as the first book in a 2-book contract to Berkley. She's been writing fiction for 3 years, and a nationally syndicated entertainment columnist for 16 years. Charmed and Dangerous will be released in Sept. 2005.
Judith Lown sold to Avalon Books. Her Regency romance, A Match for Lady Constance, was her first completed ms, and an April 2005 release.
Dorothy McFalls sold The Marriage List to NAL. It's a May 2005 release from Signet Regency, and was the fifth full-length ms she completed before selling.
Fredericak Meiners, AKA Ann Macela, sold The Oldest Kind of Magic to Medallion Press. It will be released in October 2005, and was the fifth full-length ms she completed. Macela has been writing for five years.
Janet Mullany sold to NAL. Dedication, a Signet Regency romance, will be released in Sept. 2005. Mullany has been writing for four years, and Dedication was the second full-length ms she completed before selling.
Cindy Roussos, aka Cynthia Eden, in a two-book contract with ImaJinn Books, sold her fourth completed ms, The Vampire's Kiss. It will be rleased in the spring of 2005.
Constance Sprague sold Tall Order to Avalon Books. She has been writing for four years, and this book was her third completed ms. Tall Order will be a June of 2005 release.
Besides these nine, I also know there have been a couple of other new authors recently purchased by Harlequin for various imprints/lines.
Folks, it can be done. (Despite what PA tells its writers!) Notice that many of them have been writing for several years, and have already completed a number of manuscripts. Take heart, keep trying, learning, improving. Never give up! One of the new sales I recently read about was a woman who'd been at this (writing & submitting!) for 13 years.
Susan G.