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Well Hello There

Posted on 04/05/201216/07/2012 by Kait

Liar's Game CoverSo here I am. On my thirty-*coff*something*coff* birthday staring in awe at my book cover.

I still can’t believe in a few short months I’ll be published. And by an amazing publisher to boot.

A lot of people have these crazy stories about their path to publication. Mine is fairly simple. I started, like most of us, jotting down stories as a child. Letting my imagination run wild with tales filled with fantastical creatures and faraway places. Hoping that one day I could make up stories for a living.

Fast forward a… few years. I’d explored the fanfic world and sent out a few queries for a couple of YA novels that didn’t seem to want to find a home anywhere. And then I had an idea for a character. Her name came first and stuck with me for about a year before I wrote the first chapter. Unfortunately, it got put aside while I dealt with life but the story was always percolating in the back of my mind. Then one day I found out Carina Press was calling for submissions for their Christmas Steampunk Anthology.

A week and a half before the deadline.

Did I think I could do it? Not really. Did I go for it? Absolutely.

And thus Aurelia Popkiss and her crew took over my imagination with a vengeance. After nearly a week straight of no sleep, fevered panic writing (which I discovered at university was when I did my best work) and pestering my sainted friends to do a quick read over, I closed my eyes and hit send.

To be honest, I didn’t expect much. At worst, a form rejection. At best, a rejection with a few notes a kind editor might throw my way.

Then one morning I found an email from Angela James, Executive Editor with Carina Press, in my inbox.  It took me a couple of reads to comprehend what it said. The story wasn’t right for the anthology HOWEVER she did like it enough for her to request a rewrite and resubmit.

So I did.

And now LIAR’S GAME will be out July 2.

Moral of the story:

  • Don’t give up
  • If you see an opportunity, seize it
  • If you work for it, you will get there
  • Childhood dreams can come true

Denying the Alpha Anthology

Raking the Ashes

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Denying the Alpha Anthology

Available from | Evernight | iTunes | Amazon | Kobo | Barnes & Noble | Smashwords

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