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Writing Absolutes
If you write for a hot trend, by the time your book is ready, the trend you target will either be glutted or will have come to an end. If an editor says you don’t need an agent, get an agent. Rejection is not a mortal wound, though it might feel that way. There is no such thing as a good rejection, but there is a hopeful one. Poor manuscripts do not final in contests, but neither do many excellent ones. There are contest judges who DO know what they’re talking about. Take the time to fall in love with your characters and story; your readers will too. The book of your heart is always a thing of beauty. When published authors say they’re overwhelmed, it’s not bragging, it’s panic. Knowing when to accept criticism, and when to reject it, is a great accomplishment. If someone says, “You will never sell that story,” you will, if only out of stubbornness. When an editor says, “Write the kind of book we like to buy,” they mean, “Write something different that we love as much.” Good writing is better than fast writing; don’t compare your output to another’s. No author ever says no to a lousy contract on a first sale. Don't try to be a martyr. Break into the market first; worry about good contracts when you have an edge. Let your agent talk to your editor about money; you talk to her about your story. It’s better that way. If you never WRITE, NEVER submit, you will never sell. Award-winning author Annette Blair made her first sale after eleven years and enough rejections to paper a living room. THEE, I LOVE, her Amish Historical Romance, was the one people said would never sell. Her Rogues Club Series made waves. Her Witch Series hit the Bestseller Lists! Available Now: Hot Ticket, My Favorite Witch, The Kitchen Witch, Scoundrel in Disguise, The Butterfly Garden & An Unmistakable Rogue *Coming Soon:* The Scot, the Witch & the Wardrobe Sex and the Psychic Witch What a Witch Wants The Lady is a Witch
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GONE WITH THE WITCH

#39 Nielsen BookScan Mass Market Romance Bestseller

Borders Bestseller

Amazon US Bestseller

Amazon Canada Bestseller

Romance Junkies Recommended Read

SEX AND THE PSYCHIC WITCH

Book Buyer's Best Finalist, OCC

Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence Finalist

#1 B & N Contemporary Romance Comedy

#7 B & N Mass Market Romance Bestseller

#13 Borders Mass Market Romance Bestseller

#20 Nielsen BookScan Mass Market Romance Bestseller

#36 B & N Overall Mass Market

#34 B&N Overall Fiction Mass Market

B&N Featured New Release Romance

Amazon France Bestseller

Amazon UK Bestseller

Amazon US Bestseller

Amazon Canada Bestseller

Amazon Germany Bestseller

#6 Siren Books Paranormal Bestseller Australia

The Road to Romance Reviewers Choice Award

B&N Top Ten Bestsellers Contemporary Romance stores/online

THE SCOT, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE

Laurel Wreath Award of Excellence Winner

PRISM Award Winner

Write Touch Readers' Award Winner

Top of the Charts, Rhapsody Book Club

HRC Reviewers Choice Award

Amazon Canada Bestseller

Amazon US Bestseller

Amazon France Bestseller

Doubleday Book Club Selection

Rhapsody Book Club Hot off the Press Selection

Rhapsody Book Club's Famous First Lines

Nielsen BookScan Romance Bestseller

Zooba Book Club Selection

Siren Books Bestseller

Top Pick "The True Romantic"

Top Pick "Romance Reader at Heart"

B & N Mass Market Romance Bestseller

MY FAVORITE WITCH

Amazon Kindle Bestseller

National Readers' Choice Award Finalist

HOLT Medallion Award Finalist-Comedy

Write Touch Readers' Award

CO Award of Excellence Finalist

Target Bookmarked Breakout Bestseller

Nielsen BookScan Romance Bestseller

B & N Mass Market Romance Bestseller

Amazon Canada Bestseller

Amazon US Bestseller

Amazon UK Bestseller

Amazon Germany Bestseller

Siren Books Bestseller

Reviewers Top Pick "Affaire de Coeur"

THE KITCHEN WITCH

Amazon Kindle Bestseller

Amazon Canada Bestseller

Amazon France Bestseller

Amazon UK Bestseller

Amazon Germany Bestseller

Aspen Gold Winner

Beacon Award of Excellence

So Magic Award of Excellence

Laurel Wreath Award

2005 Lories Winner

RIO Award of Excellence

HOLT Medallion Finalist

Amazon US Bestseller

Reviewer's Choice Top Pick "Scribes World"

Siren Books Bestseller

THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN

Preditors & Editors Poll Nominee--Best of 2006

Laurel Wreath Award

Anne-Bonney Readers' Choice Award

Lories Winner

Beacon Award of Excellence

More than Magic Award

2006 HOLT Medallion Award Finalist

Reviewers Top Pick "Affaire de Coeur"

Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: "Fool!" said my muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write." ~~Sir Philip Sidney

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