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An Unusual Call Story

By Margay Leah Justice ⋅ August 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

My call story is unusual in that I met my publisher through a writing contest. Only, he wasn’t a publisher then; he was another contestant. Right from the start, he liked my writing and we became friends with others in the contest, ultimately starting a critique group together. Well, one time someone tossed out the [...]

The more things change…The CALL – Robin Owens

By Robin D. Owens ⋅ July 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Two months before I sold I’d HAD it with writing for publication. I was tired of struggling in the evenings after work and spending the weekends crafting my stories. I knew I’d keep writing, and HeartMate was at HardShell and Berkley (manuscript once thought lost as Penguin Putnam munched Berkley Jove), but writing [...]

The Call: Jeannie Watt

By Jeannie Watt ⋅ June 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I think of my pre-call days as The Years of Mail Box Terror. I live in a rural area and during the time in which I submitted and resubmitted the manuscript that became my first sale, my husband and I developed a routine. We would drive to the mail [...]

The Call – Cynthia Owens

By Cynthia Owens ⋅ May 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

July 15, 2006 – a date I’ll always remember. The day I got The Call – or in my case, The E-mail – about my first novel, IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW.
A habitual early riser, I arose earlier than usual. The day promised to be a busy one. I was taking my then 10-year-old daughter [...]

A life-changing moment

By Kimberly Van Meter ⋅ January 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Everyone loves a good “Call” story and I’m no different. My own is still etched on my brain and will remain so until I die. It was the most fabulous day of my life (aside from the birth of my children, of course). It was early in the morning in March 2006 and I was [...]

Dreams Do Come True – Ann Lethbridge

By Ann Lethbridge ⋅ January 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I always dreamed of becoming a Harlequin Mills and Boone writer for the Historical line writing sexy regencies, and had submitted several stories and even been place first by one of the Historical editors in a contest.
My agent, Scott Eagen, submitted one of my manuscripts to Mills and Boone in London and I worked away [...]

The Celtic Factor – Elaine Charton

By Elaine Charton ⋅ December 31, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I had been writing for 12 years, submitting, and collecting reject letters. Still I kept plugging away. I was convinced that somewhere out there was an editor who loved my stories as much as I did.
We moved cross country from New Jersey to Arizona. I was emailing a friend one night and she [...]

Clean Up That Mess! – Elaine Cantrell

By Elaine Cantrell ⋅ December 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I submitted my first novel to a small publisher who sponsored two yearly contests, one for romance novels and one for mysteries. I had known about the contest for a long time, but I procrastinated sending the manuscript in until the last minute. I only did it then because my husband nagged me [...]

Getting published for me was like getting pregnant after a one-night stand – Kimberly Killion

By Kimberly Killion ⋅ December 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Hello! My name is Kimberly Killion and I had a baby (my debut book).
It all started last July when I signed up to attend this big hoopla (RWA National in Dallas). I had high hopes of meeting Mr. Right (an editor). I even scheduled a time to speak with him. Let’s call him ‘Peter’.
Prior to [...]

Submit a Call Story to CataU

By Alice ⋅ December 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

We’re getting lots of interest in our The Call Story section here at CataUniversity.com. A dozen or two stories have been posted so far but we need at least one per month to publish in 2009, so we’re begging for submissions.
This is a free promo opportunity available to all published romance authors.
Add your call story [...]

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