Changeling is celebrating 10
years of great books. I'm B.J. McCall and I'll be journeying to Changeling Past
and revisiting the first books of my fellow Changeling authors. You're invited
to travel with me. Today the remarkable Ruth D. Kerce is telling us about her
first Changeling book, Lady of the Night.
Lady of the Night is available
in the Undercovers (Collection).
My First Book at Changeling Press by Ruth D. Kerce
In the olden days--2004--when Changeling Press first hit the
ebook scene, I was innocently sitting at my computer working (okay, maybe I was
playing a game). And I get an “instant message” from my editor at another
company.
Uh, oh. What’s wrong with my latest submission? My heart
pounds and I feel the beginnings of a headache. She tells me she’s editing for
CP now too and they need a romantic suspense. Fast. She knows I write suspense,
so she says, “Pitch me a story right now.”
Ack! But being a professional (ahem), I pitch a story. The
response. Nothing. Silence. Were we disconnected? Getting no response from an
editor isn’t what an author ever wants to experience. I’m hearing a death knell
in the background.
“Or...” I say and quickly pitch another story called
“Streetwalker Cop.” She says, “That’s it! Expand it and send it in.” I’m now sitting there stunned. What happened?
I think I just got picked up by another publisher. I let out a giggle.
Furiously, I work to expand the story about a police woman
working undercover as a streetwalker and submit. The story was retitled “Lady
of the Night.”
The editor and publisher then ask, “There’s more to the
story, right?” Um, maybe. They said, yep, it’s a series or a serial. Okay. I hadn’t
planned it that way, but I love the characters and more stories are always
better. So, “Lady of the Night” became the 1st in a 4-novella serial called
UNDERCOVERS.
And that was the beginning. It’s been great to be with
Changeling Press for 10 years and I look forward to many more years to come.
Buy Links:
Ebook - http://changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=996
Print - http://changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=871
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