I'm so excited to tell you all that my vampire book, "The Lady's Not a Vamp", has been contracted by Ellora's Cave!!
You might remember from previous posts of mine that 'creative productivity' has NOT been my middle name for quite a while! The last book I contracted was back in June 2009. I was beginning to fear I had 'lost' whatever it was I 'had' a year ago!
The email with the good news also included the fact that I had to come up with a new title before the contract could be finalized. I immediately had a chest pain! In my opinion, the only thing more difficult than coming up with a title is writing a blurb!
I agonized, jotted down some words, crossed out words, researched other titles, agonized again, and then the lightbulb went off over my head, and I sent a cry for help to our own Katalina Leon!!! She not only recently experienced the same thing with "Owned by Rome", but has been my sounding board, cheerleader and overall support system for writing and subbing this story from the beginning.
We had a blast!! I sent my ideas and she countered with her own. We moved the words around, mixed them up, put them together and took them apart. And there was much silliness in the process - there are lots of vamipery type words that we tried just for the fun of it! "The Lady's Not a Vamp" is the hybrid of one of her suggestions and one of mine and was our first choice on the list sent to my editor!
Thanks so much for everything, Kat!
Tessie
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Congrats Tessie!
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K- Thank you!
ReplyDeleteTessie this is just the beginning! You've had four wonderful books published in a year and that's a huge accomplishment for any writer. May all your future tension-be exciting sexual tension! lol
ReplyDeleteI cant' wait to bite into the Lady's Not a Vamp, I'm so happy for you!
Just for the record writing blurbs are a heartache for me too.
XXOO Kat
You're such a sweetheart, Kat!
ReplyDeleteAnd why is it that blurbs are so darn stressful??
I think having to set your story apart from the multitude of similar sounding stories, entice a reader and give accurate plot line expectations in 180 words or less is hard! lol I always rewrite my blurbs half a dozen times and I still don't get it right.
ReplyDeleteXXOO Kat
Go girl! I'm really happy for you!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Julia!
ReplyDeleteCongrats Tessie. This is wonderful news.
ReplyDeleteI must admit when my editor emails and says, okay write your blurb I have an anxiety attack. I do NOT like writing blurbs. :)
Congrats on the contract...and love the title!
ReplyDeleteBlurbs are hard...I usually want to write MORE than the allowed word count since I have so much to say!