Deborah's on "First Book Friday"!

[deborahjross]

jimhines has started a series called First Book Friday, with tales of that wonderful first sale. I'm up first! So scoot on over here to read my story.

About the time I finished the first draft, I joined a writer’s workshop. They tore it to shreds. I went home and cried, and then set about learning everything they could teach me. Four revisions later, I sent off Jaydium to Sheila Gilbert at DAW. And waited. And wrote the next book. And researched agents. And sold a bunch of short stories to increasingly prestigious markets. And waited some more.

Comments

[caprine.livejournal.com]

I remember Jaydium -- I found the underlying concept fascinating.

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

Happy author smile here! I'm always amazed and touched that people remember my print books from the mid '90s with such pleasure, although it happens often enough, I suppose I shouldn't be.

I'm hoping that readers who like what I've done with the Darkover series will check out my original work as well (and vice versa, of course).