When I first started to write I simply knew I would be the next big one. The next Stephanie Meyer or <Insert famous author>. This wasn’t because my vampires sparked, because well, they didn’t. No. It was because I had something to say that would bring joy to people. Little did I know that the average it takes a person to get published isn’t exactly a fact, but it is founded on facts. The average I last heard was 8 years. Is that true today? I would say no. Why? Well now there is self-publication and therefore one more statistic.
Okay – enough depressing words. So for fun.
If you are a writer – what is the first thing you tried to publish?
If you are a reader – what have you thought of some authors new releases vs. their later releases?
Here is my embarrassment. Mind you I started to seriously write during the vampire craze about 7 
years ago.
Seventeen year old girl who is human, falls for a vampire that is a friend of her vampire family. Yes – a human raised by vampires. There’s some crazy vengeance from a few hundred years of feuds, some trips to Ireland and Italy. Shopping in France. A crush from a human boy – so a small love triangle. Love struck girl is kidnapped, but don’t panic. There is an over indulgent HEA – because all my stories are happily ever after. The end!
You can laugh now 🙂
LOL . . . we all have to start somewhere!! You can check out my first manuscript if you want a good laugh: http://jamieayres.com/2014/08/06/i-was-a-beginning-writer/
OHH I think I did read it and tried to comment. Then my phone rebelled. Okay. I need to go back and re-read!
My first story was a magical-girl princess story. Think along the lines of Sailor Moon…
Okay I love Sailor Moon until I realized the Tuxedo guy and Ms. Moon would never get resolved. Turns out I was a romance junky from the start.