This year, I've had the greatest Christmas present ever for a writer - the wonderful Kate Cuthbert of Harlequin Escape Publishing has said "Yes" to my submission. It's for the book that co-won the People's Choice Award in the Romance Writers of New Zealand's Clendon Award 2012, an historical romance set in the days of the Otago gold rush.
All very exciting, and so great after the years of trying. Getting a short story "Yes" is pretty amazing, but getting one for a whole book, now that's something else.
Publishing date unknown yet, and I have to admit to being a bit scared about what happens next. It's all a bit of an unknown process, even though I've had many others tell me of their experiences. But doing it yourself, mmmm. And a big shout out of thanks to all who have helped me on this amazing journey: the other writers of RWNZ and SpecFic NZ, my family for their endless tolerance, and to Massey University's creative writing papers' lecturers and tutors. Their paper on script writing in particular, taught by Stuart Hoar, was great for someone writing genre fiction.
So here's to 2013, the year of Mary Brock Jones, author.
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