Dreams Do Come True: Unloved Available for Purchase TODAY!
Dreams really do come true. Sometimes it takes them a while, but it really can happen.
This particular dream of mine--having something I've written be published--has been around...ooooh, since I was about 12 or 13. The summer between elementary school and junior high, I did the typical teen thing and turned my schedule upside down. I was up most of the night, and wanted to sleep until noon.
But I wasn't up watching TV the way my parents thought. No, I was writing, in longhand, my first novel. It wasn't a very good one. In fact I'd venture to say it was pretty terrible--princess in disguise seeks out unicorn in disguise while they search for a treasure also in disguise--but it was the first step on the Writing Road.
And today, June 1, 2006, sees me happily publishing my first story: Unloved.
Waaaaay back last year sometime, a good friend and fellow Amber Quill Press author, Grace Draven, mentioned the press's "Amber Heat" contest. Once a year, Amber Quill opens its doors to submissions of erotic stories, 12,000 words and under. This is how Amber Quill finds their new authors. Grace, who's read a few of my stories, thought it would be worth a try for me to enter the contest.
So I did. This past January, I submitted two short erotic stories, "Unloved"--weighing in at right about 12,000 words at the contest limit, and a shorter fantasy erotica called "Genie, No Bottle."
Imagine my surprise and delight when on March 1, Amber Quill let me know that "Unloved" was one of the Amber Heat Wave contest winners!
And today is "Unloved's" debut. It's hard for me to express how excited and proud I am that I've passed a milestone on the Writing Road: publication.
Onward! (You'll have to imagine Nina's Dance of Glee, but trust me, I'm dancing! It looks very much like a Snoopy Dance.)
If you're interested in buying an electronic copy of "Unloved", just Click HERE! The Heat Wave winners are on special sale this month in honor of the contest. Amber Quill supports a multitude of downloadable e-book formats.
And if you do read it, I'd love to hear what you think of it, good, bad, or indifferent. As a writer, I'm always striving to improve, and feedback from readers is important. You can reach me at nina.merrill at gmail dot com (just remember to replace the at with @ and the dot with . and remove spaces!).
Have a happy June, dear readers!
This particular dream of mine--having something I've written be published--has been around...ooooh, since I was about 12 or 13. The summer between elementary school and junior high, I did the typical teen thing and turned my schedule upside down. I was up most of the night, and wanted to sleep until noon.
But I wasn't up watching TV the way my parents thought. No, I was writing, in longhand, my first novel. It wasn't a very good one. In fact I'd venture to say it was pretty terrible--princess in disguise seeks out unicorn in disguise while they search for a treasure also in disguise--but it was the first step on the Writing Road.
And today, June 1, 2006, sees me happily publishing my first story: Unloved.
Waaaaay back last year sometime, a good friend and fellow Amber Quill Press author, Grace Draven, mentioned the press's "Amber Heat" contest. Once a year, Amber Quill opens its doors to submissions of erotic stories, 12,000 words and under. This is how Amber Quill finds their new authors. Grace, who's read a few of my stories, thought it would be worth a try for me to enter the contest.
So I did. This past January, I submitted two short erotic stories, "Unloved"--weighing in at right about 12,000 words at the contest limit, and a shorter fantasy erotica called "Genie, No Bottle."
Imagine my surprise and delight when on March 1, Amber Quill let me know that "Unloved" was one of the Amber Heat Wave contest winners!
And today is "Unloved's" debut. It's hard for me to express how excited and proud I am that I've passed a milestone on the Writing Road: publication.
Onward! (You'll have to imagine Nina's Dance of Glee, but trust me, I'm dancing! It looks very much like a Snoopy Dance.)
If you're interested in buying an electronic copy of "Unloved", just Click HERE! The Heat Wave winners are on special sale this month in honor of the contest. Amber Quill supports a multitude of downloadable e-book formats.
And if you do read it, I'd love to hear what you think of it, good, bad, or indifferent. As a writer, I'm always striving to improve, and feedback from readers is important. You can reach me at nina.merrill at gmail dot com (just remember to replace the at with @ and the dot with . and remove spaces!).
Have a happy June, dear readers!
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