Thanks so much for inviting me to pop by, Eloisa! It's just like the good old times at Squawk Radio! 
Next up for me is SOME LIKE IT WICKED in August 2008. Simon Wescott is one of my "baddest" bad boys ever--a seemingly irredeemable rake with a quicksilver tongue equally adept at delivering witty repartee and long, hot kisses. When my heroine, Catriona Kincaid, goes looking for a hero to help restore the honor to her Highland clan, the poor dear ends up with Simon instead. It was so much fun to revisit one of my favorite settings--the Scottish Highlands! Especially with these two in tow!
Next after that will be the sequel SOME LIKE IT WILD. We're hoping to be able to release that in early winter 2009 so the wait won't be nearly as long for all of you incredibly patient readers out there.
Next up for me is SOME LIKE IT WICKED in August 2008. Simon Wescott is one of my "baddest" bad boys ever--a seemingly irredeemable rake with a quicksilver tongue equally adept at delivering witty repartee and long, hot kisses. When my heroine, Catriona Kincaid, goes looking for a hero to help restore the honor to her Highland clan, the poor dear ends up with Simon instead. It was so much fun to revisit one of my favorite settings--the Scottish Highlands! Especially with these two in tow!
Next after that will be the sequel SOME LIKE IT WILD. We're hoping to be able to release that in early winter 2009 so the wait won't be nearly as long for all of you incredibly patient readers out there.
TeresaMedeiros wrote:
Next up for me is SOME LIKE IT WICKED in August 2008. Simon Wescott is one of my "baddest" bad boys ever--a seemingly irredeemable rake with a quicksilver tongue equally adept at delivering witty repartee and long, hot kisses. When my heroine, Catriona Kincaid, goes looking for a hero to help restore the honor to her Highland clan, the poor dear ends up with Simon instead. It was so much fun to revisit one of my favorite settings--the Scottish Highlands! Especially with these two in tow!
Sounds great!
Hi Melanie,
I was only 21 when I wrote my first book so I knew NOTHING about the publishing business. After I finished my first book (LADY OF CONQUEST), I sent it to Avon, the only romance publisher I was familiar with. They kept it for a year then sent it back with a nice rejection.
I'd done a lot of research while I was waiting for the mail jeep to arrive every day. I took another hard look at the book, did some revisions, then sent 22 query letters to 22 different publishers asking them if they'd like to see the book. Some wanted to see 3 chapters. Some wanted to see 10 chapters. Some never wanted to see me again. Within 3 months, I had a 3 book offer from Berkley Books. Berkley initially rejected the book but after I offered to revise, they were right back on board. The editor told me later that it was my willingness to revise along with my skill at it that convinced them to make a long-term commitment to me.
I did 2 books for Berkley, then 11 for Bantam. I moved again in 2002 and finally became an Avon author!
I was only 21 when I wrote my first book so I knew NOTHING about the publishing business. After I finished my first book (LADY OF CONQUEST), I sent it to Avon, the only romance publisher I was familiar with. They kept it for a year then sent it back with a nice rejection.
I'd done a lot of research while I was waiting for the mail jeep to arrive every day. I took another hard look at the book, did some revisions, then sent 22 query letters to 22 different publishers asking them if they'd like to see the book. Some wanted to see 3 chapters. Some wanted to see 10 chapters. Some never wanted to see me again. Within 3 months, I had a 3 book offer from Berkley Books. Berkley initially rejected the book but after I offered to revise, they were right back on board. The editor told me later that it was my willingness to revise along with my skill at it that convinced them to make a long-term commitment to me.
I did 2 books for Berkley, then 11 for Bantam. I moved again in 2002 and finally became an Avon author!
Oh and when I first started out, Melanie, I just sat down at my mother's kitchen counter and started to write the book I wanted to read. I honestly didn't know it was a romance at the time. I just thought it was a book. As a matter of fact, in its original printing, LADY OF CONQUEST was published as a "historical novel", not a romance.
The first draft was a mess--about 186,000 too many adverbs and paragraphs that went on for pages. That's when I learned I was good with revisions
Some people write ten books before they're published. I re-wrote my first book ten times.
The first draft was a mess--about 186,000 too many adverbs and paragraphs that went on for pages. That's when I learned I was good with revisions
Some people write ten books before they're published. I re-wrote my first book ten times.
Great question about the sub-genres, Eloisa! I think I may have partially answered it above when I wrote: "For me, it's never been about the sub-genre of the book but about the characters and their stories. That's why if you read a western by Teresa Medeiros or a medieval or a paranormal, you'll find the same voice."
I tend to immerse myself in the characters and their emotions and essentially live their stories. I think of the settings and the time period as a "frame" for all of that. Don't get me wrong--I love to create a vivid sense of time and place in my novels but for me it's the people who matter, which may be why I've been able to write in so many different sub-genres. Plus I have a REALLY short attention span My original goal was to write a romance in every sub-genre but I haven't been able to squeeze in my "space captain" book yet
I tend to immerse myself in the characters and their emotions and essentially live their stories. I think of the settings and the time period as a "frame" for all of that. Don't get me wrong--I love to create a vivid sense of time and place in my novels but for me it's the people who matter, which may be why I've been able to write in so many different sub-genres. Plus I have a REALLY short attention span
My original goal was to write a romance in every sub-genre but I haven't been able to squeeze in my "space captain" book yet
