Welsh Novelist "slade" "académie Julian" Novel 1915 New York Publisher Stories

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Aspiring Novelist Pt. 03

by egmontgrigor2010 on Sep 16, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Billie worked on a proposal for the cattle and horse ranch novel and sent it off to Under the Tree Publishing with the working title of 'Into the Saddle." Her editor Jocelyn Winter emailed next day: "Hi sweet young woman. We accepted your proposal this morning. Gary our executive editor pointed out we have a publishing slot four months hence, so it's yours...

Aspiring Novelist Pt. 04

by egmontgrigor2010 on Sep 16, 2017
Novels and Novellas

As soon as the TV crew cleared up and left the real party was underway just as Patricia and Billie returned from taking Mandy to the airport. "Why was Mandy jumping and yelling after being on the phone after closing the interview," Natalie asked. Her mother said, "Mandy told us in the car that was her producer telling Mandy it was her best interview in th...

Night Writer

by EgmontGrigor2011 on Sep 16, 2017
Mature

CHAPTER 1 Wounded at being divorced by the treacherous bastard she'd stupidly married, and now possessing half of their combined declared assets while knowing he had undeclared hidden assets but decided to let that be, Boston-born Geneva Beggs returned to America to hide in the hope she could recover and become happy again. Geneva recognized half of the gu...

George's New Beginning

by SamScribble on Apr 28, 2020
Mature

'This is good,' Tina said. 'This is very good. You could have been a writer.' George had just written three brief-yet-stylish paragraphs for the front page of Tina's CV. And, thankfully, Tina, George's niece, was suitably impressed. 'I was a writer,' George said. 'I am a writer.' 'No. I mean a proper writer,' Tina said. 'You know ... novels ... stuff like...

Goddess of Light

by James_Brown on Sep 14, 2017
Romance

I sat on the uncomfortable reception room chair, idly flipping through a magazine. I was nervous about what was going to happen. I was waiting for my first interview with a publisher. They had had my manuscript for what seemed like forever, until they had finally called me in for an interview. So I was waiting to find out if they were going to publish my fir...

Aspiring Novelist Pt. 01

by egmontgrigor2010 on Sep 16, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Casper and Janice Summers tried to do everything down the middle with Jonas and Billie, their blue-eyed blonde twins, to avoid having a favorite or at least showing favoritism and that policy lasted till college time. The Summer's ranch had been hit by drought two years in a row. As a consequence for the first time in eighteen years of the twins' life, Casp...

A Very, Very Naughty Girl

by Egmont Grigor on Sep 15, 2017
Romance

* Set in New Zealand CHAPTER 1 For nineteen years Greer Gregory spent New Year's Eve and all of January 'at the beach'. Being at any beach in mid summer was where many New Zealanders females lost their virginity by the age of eighteen. But not Greer. She'd turned nineteen in July and at the end of December, Christmas just behind them and the family was p...

Make Big Bucks Selling Fiction Ch. 02

by BarbraNovac on Sep 11, 2017
How To

So, you've been writing here for years, you've come a long way baby. You worked on a novel or novella, you feel confident that it was pretty good. You edited it, re edited it, and then edited it again. Then, with some trepidation, you sent out your submission. You waited and checked your email every couple of hours just to be sure. You waited and checked...

Forget the Drink, Gimme the Bitch

by MarshAlien on Jul 14, 2020
Interracial Love

This is an entry in the SweetWitch-Marsh Alien Feud Settlement Short Story Writing contest. As a courtesy to me, if you cast a vote on this story, please also read SweetWitch's "Forget the Bitch, Gimme a Drink." Besides, her story has catfighting and voyeurism. * * * * * With fourteen months still to go until I hit the big Five-O, I had pretty much worked...

Gritty Times in Wyoming Pt. 03

by EgmontGrigor2011 on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Next morning Skye spent a couple of hours flicking through the rejected manuscript titled 'Zina Mace Finds Love' to decide how to get it reinstated for possible publication. Her conclusion was her editors had done a damn good job in rejecting it. It was pathetic. She sighed and stared the wad of paper. Where to start? To start anew would delay the request...