“Kudos Leslie P. Garcia on writing an excellent and emotional debut. I would recommend this book to everyone who loves a strong heroine that will keep you cheering for her throughout the entire book.” --Harlequin Junkie
Reading Harlequin Junkie's 41/2 star review of Unattainable literally brought tears to my eyes. Seeing an e-book snatched up and published, then having it praised highly by a professional review site, helped stamp "done" to a large chunk of my writing career: the effort to have a 'real' publisher validate my efforts.
Many writers share my journey, I'm sure. We may have self-pubbed books, and those are becoming a huge force in and of themselves. Many of the current mega hits started out as 'indies.' We know our books are good; readers tell us so. And our main job, as writers, is to share stories with readers that are important not just to us, but to the readers themselves.
So why did having Unattainable published by Crimson Romance mean so much? I have to believe that it's because I'm from the time of 'vanity' publishers, not the same as self publishing at all. From a family who kicked me out at my father's behest.
Daughter of a man, a published writer, who told me I could write back when I was six, but when I grew old enough to question him, assured me my writing and I were trash that would never amount to anything.
Perhaps those old admonitions from a man who didn't deserve his words to be remembered and dreaded shouldn't have mattered; perhaps they didn't.
I just know that receiving an acceptance from Crimson Romance was one, gigantic step forward.
So...what next?
I don't know. With the demons of the past put down for the moment, I could well find myself publishing independently again, work, perhaps that isn't romance.
And if the next romance or the one after that fails to find a home immediately...perhaps it won't matter.
Because Unattainable wasn't a star too high, and my father was wrong.
My writing matters.
Author's note: If you read my south Texas romance, I'd love to know what you think. Drop me a note here, at Amazon, at my FB author page--anywhere! And thank you so much for following me here at AuthorsDen and elsewhere!
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Ron