Here’s my confession (and no, I am not a regency miss, I’m not a miss at all though I do miss a lot in my aged state). Back in the day when Miss D. was freshly minted, between the time I was rejected by the last major publisher still publishing regency romance and laying her to rest in her cardboard box, I playfully submitted her/it to a woman who decided to start her own publishing company, specifically to publish those great books out there that were all dressed up for the ball and no place to go.
Clearly, power corrupts. This is what her rejection note said: “Heidi, I know you are a good writer but this is so bad I can’t even get past the first paragraph.”
This is where words sorta defy me. Or is it, desert me? well! . .
I have the means with which to contact this woman and every time I get a good review on Miss D., I just want to poke a sharp stick in that woman’s eye. Or forward a link. One or the other, I can’t decide. Truly, though, she did me a favor as her little publishing company is nothing and very few would have ever known Miss D. existed if she had managed to get past page one.
This is where words sorta defy me. Or is it, desert me? well! . .
I have the means with which to contact this woman and every time I get a good review on Miss D., I just want to poke a sharp stick in that woman’s eye. Or forward a link. One or the other, I can’t decide. Truly, though, she did me a favor as her little publishing company is nothing and very few would have ever known Miss D. existed if she had managed to get past page one.
Speaking of reviews and kind words, today is day three of the Miss Delacourt Speaks Her Mind Book Blog Tour, hosted by Becky of Scripture Mom. Becky has published her own book, Adventures With The Word Of God, a wonderful tool for making learning about the bible with your children easy peasy. It is full of snappy illustrations and easy to follow instructions. In addition, every Friday, Becky hosts “Police Beat,” a compilation of the past week’s calls to the police station near/at BYU. It makes for hilarious reading. One of my recent faves was about the woman who called police to say her car had been stolen. They drove her to a neighboring parking lot and guess what? (I’ve so been there. Minus the police.) However, today she is having a little "do" for Miss D, instead.
So, here is my last confession of the day. But first, click on the link to read what Becky has to say and what she asked me to say. I’ll wait. You’re back? Okay, here it is: when I first heard about a book blog tour and made the ultimate decision to do it, I thought it was a fab idea and now that we are here, I truly am enjoying it. Only, I wonder if perhaps all of you are sick to death of hearing about Miss D. It all seems more than a tad narcissistic and all about me, me, me and Miss D. and paranoia is setting in. For those of you who stick it out, I hope you will get something out of it by perhaps being introduced to one or two awesome bloggers throughout the tour whom you might not have read before.
Meanwhile, I am upping the stakes (because, after all, my blog). If you want to be entered to win one of two signed copies of Miss Delacourt Speaks Her Mind, click here. However, if you choose to be one of my followers (no changing IDs in order to follow again as someone else--this means you, Rott!) you will get another entry just for that. What could be easier? (Becky’s scripture book, that’s what!)
So, here is my last confession of the day. But first, click on the link to read what Becky has to say and what she asked me to say. I’ll wait. You’re back? Okay, here it is: when I first heard about a book blog tour and made the ultimate decision to do it, I thought it was a fab idea and now that we are here, I truly am enjoying it. Only, I wonder if perhaps all of you are sick to death of hearing about Miss D. It all seems more than a tad narcissistic and all about me, me, me and Miss D. and paranoia is setting in. For those of you who stick it out, I hope you will get something out of it by perhaps being introduced to one or two awesome bloggers throughout the tour whom you might not have read before.
Meanwhile, I am upping the stakes (because, after all, my blog). If you want to be entered to win one of two signed copies of Miss Delacourt Speaks Her Mind, click here. However, if you choose to be one of my followers (no changing IDs in order to follow again as someone else--this means you, Rott!) you will get another entry just for that. What could be easier? (Becky’s scripture book, that’s what!)
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