My stomach is doing back-flips. One minute I'm happy, the next I'm thinking 'oh shit!'

A few months ago, I followed a link from UKA's resources page for a shout about a publishing company looking for novels. I liked what I saw. Impressed by their attitude and thought to myself 'I should send them my novel — Barry'.

Then a few weeks later, I came across the site again and thought the same again... and yup, did sod all about it.

Later on, I was clearing out my room and found a note to myself saying 'fucking do it woman!' with the publishers name scribbled underneath it. So, I thought 'what the hell' it ain't gonna kill no-one. Rejections ain't that bad, it's just part of wanting to be a writer.

I pressed the sent button and thought 'shit what have I done'. The novel needs more work done to it. I'm not ready to be sending novels off to be published, I'm just starting to get my little toe into the world of getting short-stories published. After my few mad wee moments, I calmed down and pushed it from the back of my mind.

A few weeks later, the publisher replied — after reading the first 8 chapters, and the synopsis they want to see the full novel! Yes! This is bloody great... or is it?

I'm sitting here at my PC, supposed to be finishing off my novel so I can give it an edit. What if they accept it? If they reject it I can continue with my wee little life living in my dreams.

If they accept it how will my life change? I'm not talking about money, I'm certainly not expecting to make a fortune from it. I'm talking about my family and friends... if they do accept, I suppose I can sit back, stick up my middle finger up, smile, and say to my family, 'told ya I'd get one novel published.' Oh the joy, yup, I'd love to do that.

And if it gets rejected — I'll still be happy, at least I can say a publisher asked to see the full novel and to me, that's a damn good thing.

 

Wow congratulations! That's awesome!

Thanks Marylin. :)

Silly me forgot to sign in!

Oh, Claire, that is awesome!!!! That is so frigging cool! Hmmmm, I'd be thinking about following that intuition of yours more often. I recently had a good friend and fellow writer email me about a line by Harlequin called Silhouette Nocturne...have you ever heard of it? I'm roughly halfway through the first draft of a new one myself and for the first time ever have included a wee bit that is no doubt "R" rated...( I must have smoked half a pack of cigarettes writing them parts...hehehe.)I am not a romance writer nor do I wish to be...that damn muse of mine...lol...I guess we gotta challenge ourselves and pursue new things...I wanted to thank you sincerely for your very kind comment. It was greatly appreciated, my friend. Hope you have a great day.

Okay, it's almost August now. What's the scoop on this Claire???

Well...

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