One of my favourite romance reading pleasures is a linked continuity or series, so when I saw the call for submissions for Gumnut Press's Paw Prints of Love Anthology, I knew I would be submitting.
Back in 2007, when I first joined Romance Writers of Australia, I subbed two shorts to the Little Gems competition. The first, a futuristic, was published in the anthology. The second, a contemporary, just missed the cut. My new writing group all agreed - my futuristic voice was much stronger than my contemporary voice - so I started writing futuristic, with the occasional dabble into the world of contemporary. In 2019, my submissions to publishers are almost always contemporary - because futuristic is such a niche market that its difficult to sell. I'm still working on my space operas and alternate futures, but only to self-publish. One day... But back to the 2007 short that didn't make the cut. It has a move to a new town, there was a sexy stranger who had rescued a dog that had puppies, there was sweet romance. So when the anthology call came, I knew I had to dig it out. A month later, it was unrecognisable. There was still a move to a new town, still a sexy stranger, still a litter of puppies, but everything else had changed. I added 5000 words, a bad boy on a motorbike, macrame, a cruise ship and a heap of emotion. I sent it off, knowing that even if it didn't make the cut it was a much better story. The photo above is me signing the contract for Rescued Hearts to be included in the Anthology. Note the Romance Writers of Australia pen. Without RWA there would be no contract, so this is my official signing pen. And the moral of this story:
Rescued Hearts, in the Paw Prints of Love Anthology, will be published in print and e-book in 2020. I'm thrilled to announce that Follow Your Dreams has been accepted into the Romance Writers of Australia Sunstone Anthology. I know I've said it before - I love writing short.
Congratulations to the place-getters and all the other Little Gems for 2016. A special shout out to Fiona Marsden who had two entries accepted. Officially, there are more Fionas than any other christian name this year, so you can't be unhappy about that. Sunstone anthology will be available in digital and POD from August 2016 from the RWA shop.. |
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