News & reviews for the fiction lover in us all!
News & Reviews for the Self & Small Published Reader in all of us!
As a child I remember listening to Uncle John, Uncle Alex, and my Grandpa as they talked of their childhood and life “down east”. At that time I had no idea where this mythical place was, I just loved the stories. Rather than play with my sisters and cousin on a hot summer afternoon I preferred to sit under Uncle Alex’s chair and listen.
Since becoming a mother, I have discovered a new truism. Mothers worry. I actually heard it before giving birth to my oldest. What I didn’t understand was that among the usual concerns of keeping my brood happy and healthy, as a romance novelist, I would carry apprehension about things most mothers don’t.
Do you list people skills as an asset on your résumé? Have
you ever been asked in a job interview to give an example of your interpersonal ability? Do you know if you’re a people person? Would you recognize one if you saw one?
In November of 2009, St.Martin’s Press held a special call for “… fiction similar to YA that can be published and marketed as adult - sort of an ‘older YA’ or ‘new adult’.” It was the first time the term New Adult (NA) was used, and the first time there was any formal effort to define what is now, in 2013, a very popular genre.
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife”.
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