I am getting back into writing again. One of my goals this year was to submit more. So I have now followed up on a submission to Mills and Boon Historicals, which I made by email last year. It turned out they had not received my first submission, and they have now entered it into the system. So it does pay to follow up if you don't hear anything from a publisher.
And I have just sent off Hathe Part 1 to Carina Press, for which I received a 'revise and resubmit' request last year. At the last RWNZ meeting, a number suggested I send off the first part, even though Book 2 still needs a bit of work, to find out if they are still interested and do they want anything in the first part changed that might affect the second part. Since the 'suggestees' were a bookseller (Barbara of Barbara's Books no less) and published authors, it seemed very good advice to take.
RWNZ is an excellent organisation to join for any budding authors. It is particularly aimed at romance writers, but is chocka with published authors with spot on advice and knowledge for novices, and everyone is very helpful and supportive. Their conferences are very professional, and are always attended by at least one agent and an editor from significant overseas publishers and literary agencies( mostly US) .
My kids are still fine and slowly getting to terms with 'what now'. Two are relocating to Auckland and the one in his final year at uni is staying in Christchurch.
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