Woohoo! New contract!

Susan Gable · Jun 19, 2009

I just got off the phone with my editor, and I have a new 2-book contract.

Yeaaayyyyy! :hooray:

There will be two more Hawkins brothers stories coming down the pipe.

Susan G.

Calla Lily · Jun 19, 2009

Congratulations!

ellisnation · Jun 19, 2009

Congrats! That's awesome!!!!!!!!!

AuburnAssassin · Jun 19, 2009

Congratulations! Now get to work; you've got fans waiting.

Ardelie · Jun 19, 2009

Congrats!

Bubastes · Jun 19, 2009

Woo hoo! Congratulations!!

justme · Jun 19, 2009

Congratulations! Wonderful news!

job · Jun 19, 2009

Susan Gable said:
I just got off the phone with my editor, and I have a new 2-book contract.
Susan G.

Oh, congratulations. How wonderful.
In uncertain times, it's nice to have a contract in hand.

IHeartWriting · Jun 19, 2009

Congrats Susan!

wannawrite · Jun 19, 2009

Way to go!

shameless · Jun 19, 2009

How wonderful! Congratulations, Susan!

:Hug2:

Brindle Chase · Jun 19, 2009

That is awesome!!! Congrats!!!

brainstorm77 · Jun 19, 2009

Congrats Susan! I hope to be a part of the Harlequin Family some day

Sundaysaid · Jun 19, 2009

What a great way to start the weekend. Congratulations!

Susan, do you negotiate directly with H or do you have an agent? The reason I ask is because of conflicting info I've read that suggests the H contracts are mostly non-negotiable therefore one doesn't need an agent. I've also read that having an agent moves an author up the waiting chain.

Again, congrats.

Lainey Bancroft · Jun 19, 2009

Congratulations, Susan! :hooray:

firedrake · Jun 19, 2009

What brilliant news! :hooray:

Congratulations!!!

WendyNYC · Jun 19, 2009

Congrats to you!!

stormie · Jun 19, 2009

Wow, Susan! You're on a roll

Congrats!

Jersey Chick · Jun 19, 2009

That's the best news I've heard all day and I'm :snoopy:

for you!!!

oh, yeah - and congratulation!

Perks · Jun 19, 2009

Congratulations! That must feel great!

san_remo_ave · Jun 19, 2009

Congratulations!

MacAllister · Jun 19, 2009

w00t! That's super, Susan, congratulations! My mom and I were just talking about books, she's been a loyal Harlequin reader for years, and I found out you're on her "list" (she keeps a list in her purse of Harlequin writers to watch for, because she likes their books--she's done it since Janet Dailey's and Nora Roberts' Harlequin novels.) It made me grin really big to get to tell her you hang out at AW sometimes.

Susan Gable · Jun 19, 2009

Sundaysaid said:
What a great way to start the weekend. Congratulations!

Susan, do you negotiate directly with H or do you have an agent? The reason I ask is because of conflicting info I've read that suggests the H contracts are mostly non-negotiable therefore one doesn't need an agent. I've also read that having an agent moves an author up the waiting chain.

Again, congrats.

I don't have an agent. I do already have "my" standard contract, which has a few things I negotiated. But things like money, etc. that's pretty much set.

Nothing new changing on this new contracts from my last one. Same advance. Same everything else. And I will go over them, clause by clause, against the old one to make sure they haven't changed anything else. (That sometimes happens. It's CRITICAL to check your new contract against the old one to make sure nothing slipped through the cracks.)

As to getting you through the wait times faster...maybe. But I'm not 100% sure that happens. At least, not all the time.

On the plus side, I get to keep 100% of my money, not 85%.

Susan G.

Susan Gable · Jun 19, 2009

MacAllister said:
w00t! That's super, Susan, congratulations! My mom and I were just talking about books, she's been a loyal Harlequin reader for years, and I found out you're on her "list" (she keeps a list in her purse of Harlequin writers to watch for, because she likes their books--she's done it since Janet Dailey's and Nora Roberts' Harlequin novels.) It made me grin really big to get to tell her you hang out at AW sometimes.

Oh, Mac, that is SOOOOO COOL! Tell your mom I said THANKS! I'm always thrilled to know someone likes my books -- and even better, likes them enough to put me on a LIST!

Way cool!

Susan G.

Write4Life · Jun 20, 2009

Congratulations Susan! I love Harlequin and hope to be a writer for them one day so it is always encouraging to hear this kind of news. Now go out and celebrate, you deserve it! :hooray:

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