2013…the year that changed my life
I started 2013 the same way I have
every year…wondering if 2013 would be the year I finally became a published
author. I was around 25 when I had the great epiphany that I wanted to be an author when I
grew up. For the next few years I wrote and submitted… and got nowhere.
I ended up putting the writing dream aside to go back to school
to study advertising copywriting. I worked for several years and at some point I
started writing again. That’s when I had another “great epiphany”. One
afternoon I was sitting at my computer, working on an outline for a new book,
and I stopped. I realized I’d been doing this for 10 years and the urge to
write hadn’t gone away. I knew it had to mean something. I knew I had to try
again. I joined Romance Writers of America and my local chapter, Florida
Romance Writers. I discovered that I knew nothing about writing. I
started to learn, though.
I completed my first book, a contemporary inspirational romance
originally called “Here Comes The Wedding Planner”. Then I rewrote it, taking
it from a first person POV book to third person. It finaled in the RWA’s Golden
Heart Contest in 2010. My agent sent it out to publishers…and it didn’t sell.
The book sat in my computer until this year when I decided to
try again. In the ensuing years the entire publishing industry had undergone a
seismic shift. The rise of ebook publishers & self-publishing had changed
everything. Then in April I pitched the book to two editors on the Savvy
Authors website. I got two requests for full manuscripts…and two offers!!! Yes,
that’s right…TWO!!! I accepted the offer from Astraea Press for the book, which
I renamed MARRY ME, the first in the Covington Falls Chronicles. MARRY ME
released on October 24th.
In October, I also sold two more books in the series. ACTING UP
and IMAGINE THAT will release in 2014.
2013…the year I was finally able to call myself a published
author.
Marry
Me
A
Covington Falls Chronicle
Marry Me is a contemporary inspirational
romance set in the fictional, Southern town of Covington Falls.
Julia Richardson is no fan of weddings. A
lifetime of watching her parents treat relationships like the flavor of the
month has taught her that love is for fools. Then a crisis has Julia returning
to the small Southern town she’s been avoiding for years. Before she knows it,
Julia’s been pressed into service running her stepsister’s wedding planning
business. Julia doesn’t know a garter from a garden hose, but now she must
navigate couples along the bumpy path down the aisle. In the midst of it all,
Julia makes the most unexpected discovery of all…love, with widowed minister,
Seth Graham. Julia’s been running from love and everything spiritual for most
of her life. It’s not until she finds the courage to stop running and learns to
believe in the power of love, faith and family that she finds her own “I Do”
moment.
Marry Me is available as an ebook and in
print at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and AstraeaPress.com
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About
Kristin Wallace
Growing up Kristin devoured books like bags
of Dove Dark Chocolate. Her first Golden
Book led to Laura Ingalls Wilder, Nancy Drew, Encyclopedia Brown, C.S.
Lewis and the Sweet Valley High series. Later, she discovered romance
novels and fell in love all over again. It’s no surprise then that Kristin
would one day try her hand at writing them. She writes inspirational
romance and women’s fiction filled with love, laughter and a leap of faith.
When she’s not writing her next novel, Kristin works as an
advertising copywriter for clients that have included the Miami Marlins,
Discovery Networks, The Peabody Hotel, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises and Sea
World. She also enjoys singing in her church choir and worship team and playing
flute in a community orchestra. Kristin is a member of Florida Romance Writers
where she has served as chapter president.
Connect
with Kristin:
Website: http://KristinWallaceAuthor.com
Facebook
- http://facebook.com/KristinWallaceAuthor
Twitter – http://twitter.com/KWallaceAuthor
I have already 'met' Kristin and have "Marry Me" but I have yet to transfer it from my PC to my tablet,(Christmas present), but I will get there!
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, Happy New Year and may 2014 bring you great success,Kristin!
(And you,Iris!)
Happy New Year, Tonette. I'm looking forward to reading "Marry Me" soon, too.
DeleteHi. Thanks for hosting me Iris!
ReplyDeleteVery inspiring!
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed, Krysten. Thanks for stopping by.
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