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Friends,
I’ve been planning to share something with you for the past few months and have been preparing for it.<\/p>\n

In 1984, I began writing my first manuscript. I literally ran after my two toddlers with a clipboard in my hand and wrote whenever they paused. GRIN.<\/p>\n

Anyway I wrote that story without knowing anything about the market. In fact, I told myself just to write the book and then I’d think about marketing it. The thought of that was overwhelming at that time.<\/p>\n

It took me three years of writing to finish my first manuscript-1,000 handwritten pages. Whew!<\/p>\n

I found out that while it garnered interest from agents and editors, it never found a publisher.<\/p>\n

I think that’s because there are “unwritten” rules for inspirational fiction and I didn’t know them or follow them. I still think it’s a good story and I’ve revised it and am revising and improving it once more. Also I don’t want it to sit ignored on my shelf forever.<\/p>\n

So I decided to post it here as a serially each week, starting in January. That’s right.
I’ll be posting my first manuscript here, a few scenes each week starting Thursday January 6, 2011.<\/p>\n

On the next two Tuesdays, the 14th and 21st, I plan to post previews for you. So be sure to drop by! And tell your friends!<\/p>\n

The titles is LaBelle Christiane<\/span>. The tag line is: Can the beautiful daughter of a French courtesan find a love that will last forever in early America?<\/p>\n

Does that catch your interest?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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