My review of Beth Revis's A Million Suns is on Surrounded by Books Reviews.
After many months, The Best of Raven and the Writing Desk by Aubrie Dionne, Lisa Rusczyk, and me is now available on Amazon. Best of all, we're running a free promotion going on right now, so if you enjoyed our stories from the blog, go out and snatch you a copy.
Three years ago on January 15, 2009, I embarked on a great adventure. This adventure turned out to be my first written novel, The Phoenix Prophetess. It also was the day that marked the first time I wrote with publication in mind.
In that time, I've written 553,765 words. I've had 52 rejections and 17 acceptances, so a third of everything I've submitted has been accepted. I've written four and a third novels, numerous short stories and flash fiction, and even a poem or two. I've become a freelance editor. I've met countless of peoples and made many new friends. I've been to two writers' conferences, joined a local writer's group, and have several critique partners who've shaped me into the writer I am today.
I look back on these three years and realize despite the rejections, the anxiety of waiting, the stress-filled days, I wouldn't change these three years for the world. Becoming a writer and then an author has made me the happiest I've ever been in my entire life. I hope to have many more years writing ahead of me, no matter what happens on the publication front.
Thank you for sharing them with me.
Thank you for reading.
16 comments:
Congratulations, Cherie! It's always so exciting and encouraging to hear success stories, particularly when you add in your own struggles, because we've all felt the stress of rejections and the like. Enjoy this moment.
<3 Gina Blechman
You've come so far and I'm sure you'll go much farther yet!
And I just downloaded my copy. :)
Happy three year aniversary. You've accomplished so much and I'm sure there's more ahead.
It's encouraging to hear about other writer's journeys and struggles and successes. Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work!
Congratulations on your new book out. You have certainly accomplished a lot and can pat yourself on the back!
Congratulations, Cherie! You've really accomplished so much, and I know you have many very successful years ahead. Going to check out the Amazon book now, sounds great!
Congratulations on the book finally coming out. You've come a long way and grown so much. I'm immensely proud of you.
Congratulations and thank you so much for sharing your experiences. It's been a rough few weeks and it's so nice to hear there is a light in the tunnel at all, let alone that people see it :)
You've done so well in the past 3 years... keep going and huge congrats.
I hope you have many more years ahead of you too, Cherie. Congratulations!
Congratulations!
It sounds like you've accomplished a lot in those three years. :)
Thanks for commenting on my query over at Matt's blog! Nice to meet you :)
Sounds like an exciting three years! Congrats!
Over half a million words! HOLY MOLY! That's impressive! Congrats, Cherie. That's quite the accomplishment. :)
Happy anniversary and I can't wait to read both books!
Wow! Congrats on all those words! And on the book, too - thank you - must run over and grab it while I can!
You go girl!
I'm off to download now.
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