Say it with me: Never give up...

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Never surrender!


<-- Today is Staking Cinderella's book birthday. :snoopy: This is my eleventh published book. Yes. Eleven. And a bunch of short stories.

I've survived two agents, close to 500 rejections, getting dropped by a publisher, watching micropubs close their doors and having to query a sold book all over again... and scoring two multiple book deals plus three standalones.

Eleven years ago I was trying to craft a decent query.

NEVER GIVE UP. NEVER SURRENDER.

Champagne and macarons on the sideboard. Celebrate with me, because without AW this road would've been a LOT longer!
 

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That's so inspiring and encouraging. Good to know it can happen. Congratulations. :Hug2:
 

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So inspiring! I'm sooo happy for you. Be proud of yourself. Oh! And your characters. Once again, this is a wonderful post. I love hearing about this stuff.
 

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:Hug2:Surely, you're gonna make it an even dozen? :poke:
 

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Thank you, everyone! Sorry it took me so long to get back to this thread. RL is a bit chaotic. There's a reason for the truism about home renovations always taking longer than you think.

Lavern, why of course! Book 9 in my Giulia Driscoll mystery series releases May 21. :greenie

(You don't think I'm going to stop at 12, right? ;) )
 
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This is fantastic. So happy for you! :snoopy:
 

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<-- So Giulia Driscoll mystery #9 was pubbed Tuesday. This is my 12th pubbed book.

I don't check online rankings anymore because that way madness lies. :Headbang: However, a fellow writer whose latest was also pubbed on Tuesday posted a screencap of yesterday's humorous mystery Kobo rankings. Hers was #1. Mine was #3. I'm quite pleased. :greenie

:e2flowers to AWers. Your help has been invaluable!
 
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