2007, The Second Week
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WRITING UPDATE: It’s the second week of the new year and so far so good I’m sticking with my goals for writing on a regular basis. I took a bit of a break from my fiction WIP on Sunday to put together my notes and organize an outline for the bible study. My scribbling is starting to make more sense now.
Today I wrote a Taste and See devotion on CookieAisle.com. I hope to regular post devotions each week. That was the plan over a year ago when I first started the blog. Nothing wrong with trying again.
Ten more chapters to go on the fiction WIP and I will have my first complete manuscript. I still can’t believe I reached over the 50,000 word count finally.
MEET AUTHORS: This week I will be posting two interviews on Faithwebbin. Meet first time author Betsy Ann St. Amant below as she discusses her journey to publication below.
Betsy, tell us about your journey to publication.
My journey to publication felt like it took forever but it actually happened rather quickly. I’ve been writing in some form or another since I was seven years old and my father brought home our first computer! I began writing short stories and poems. Some rhymed, some didn’t. Some made sense, some didn’t. I kept typing. Kept creating. And kept dreaming. In high school, my word count per minute on a keyboard reached 110. I was nicknamed “the legend” and as far as I know, no one has touched that record in my teacher’s keyboarding class since!
When I was eighteen years old, I attended a ClasServices conference with my mother, who enjoys writing devotionals and Bible studies for women. We were both nervous, venturing out into the unknown together and feeling incredibly unworthy to be there. But the weekend was wonderful and that was where I met award winning author Gayle Roper. We kept in touch sporadically the next year and she encouraged me to join the ACFW. I did, and my life has never been the same since. Without the love, support, encouragement, and opportunities presented to me through the ACFW, I know for a fact my journey to publication would have taken twice as long. They are a fantastic group of people. I began to read, and learn, and grow.
I joined a critique group, entered contests, and began to contribute monthly articles to Crosswalk.com. I attended two ACFW conferences, particiapted in a paid critique each time, and sold a poem to a Christian magazine (The Christian Communicator, February 2007 issue) and most importantly – never gave up. I had submitted Midnight Angel to several editors and agents and received many rejections before finally putting it aside and moving on. I had completed almost 2 full novels after that before submitting Midnight Angel to the Wild Rose Press, a new publisher of digital and print format. The editor loved it, told me they’d take it, and the rest is history. (read the rest of this interview)
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