Comments on: My First Sale by Sabrina Jeffries

By: ms bookjunkie

ms bookjunkie — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:45:31 +0000

I really shouldn’t go back and read old comments of mine. I know it’s BATED breath, not baited! I guess I’ll just have to chalk it down to excitement…

By: Sabrina Jeffries

Sabrina Jeffries — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:43:43 +0000

Thanks so much, ms. bookjunkie! I’m delighted you liked that trilogy, and I hope you enjoy the other books as well. Yes, Micki Nuding is THE BEST EVER. She totally got my writing, and I will forever be grateful to her for that.

I should say that Berkley wanted to buy it, too, but because they had just merged with Penguin/Dutton (my previous publisher) who had rejected it, they weren’t allowed to bid on it. The other 3 publishers involved weren’t interested, though (I’d have to check to be sure, but I think it was Bantam, Ballantine, and St Martin’s).

By: ms bookjunkie

ms bookjunkie — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:59:47 +0000

I can’t believe you had trouble selling The Pirate Lord! The moment you described it here, I knew I had to read it. Went looking for it but found The Forbidden Lord instead, so got that. And WOW was I impressed! Fantastic writing, great characters and the middle book of a trilogy that can totally stand alone with no feeling of missing information that teased about the setting up of the next book in a way that I had to get that too! So I ordered TPL and The Dangerous Lord, waiting on baited breath and when they arrived, and they totally impressed me also. TPL was everything I had hoped for from the description and TDL was great in every way, but I totally enjoyed the way you brought together the main characters from the trilogy. Next I’m going to read the Swanlea Spinster series – as soon as they all arrive!

*stopping to breathe now*

My points are:
- THAT’s the way historicals should be done!
- I totally have a new auto-buy keeper!
- Yay Micki Nuding!

By: Lynn Reynolds

Lynn Reynolds — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:48:09 +0000

What a great story, Sabrina. And very encouraging, especially since my son, who’s on the autistic spectrum too, is just hitting puberty. Sometimes I feel very selfish taking time to write fiction, but seeing your success reminds me that even with such a demanding child, I owe it to myself to keep writing. Love the School for Heiresses stories.

By: Sonja Foust

Sonja Foust — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:55:36 +0000

What a great story, and thanks for sharing that with us! I loved Pirate Lord, and now I love it even more, knowing what a meaningful book it was for you, to have given your career another start.

By: Rita

Rita — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:51:20 +0000

Please give you editor a huge hug! I can’t imagine not seeing the name Sabrina Jeffries on the shelves at Borders. I loved your Royal Brotherhood and School for Heiresses series :-)

By: Leeann Burke

Leeann Burke — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:41:14 +0000

What an inspiring story. Thanks for sharing it with us Sabrina.

By: Pam P

Pam P — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:41:43 +0000

Moving call story, Sabrina, so true, it’s not over until it’s over. I’ve enjoyed so many of your stories since first reading The Pirate Lord.

By: catie

catie — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:28:02 +0000

This post is going in my bookmark folder under the heading “inspirations.” Thank you so much Sabrina! :)

By: Sabrina Jeffries

Sabrina Jeffries — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:01:25 +0000

Jill, I’m so pleased that you liked Let Sleeping Rogues Lie! And thanks to all of you for the kind words.

By: Sabrina Jeffries

Sabrina Jeffries — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:26:20 +0000

Glad to cheer everyone up! And I’m doubly glad that y’all are pleased I kept writing. :-)

IDEA Parent, when my first career tanked, I feared I’d have to give up writing. I knew that my son was at the age that I could not work fulltime and take care of him AND write, so I knew it was either write at home and take care of him or give up writing to work fulltime to afford a caregiver. I really, REALLY wanted to go back to writing at home. Being able to write as Sabrina saved my life, I swear. Thank God enough of you enjoyed the books that I was able to keep doing it!

By: Carolyn Jewel

Carolyn Jewel — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:41:30 +0000

What an inspiring story! I’m so glad to have read about it. And thank goodness you kept writing.

By: Leah

Leah — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:39:21 +0000

This is a great story–even better, in some ways, than the “very first sale” kind. So happy for you!

By: Janine

Janine — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:35:47 +0000

Neat story. Thanks from me too!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:24:04 +0000

Great call story! And it couldn’t have come at a better time:) I love your books–thanks for sticking with it. I’d be missing quite a few keepers if you hadn’t:)

By: Karin

Karin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:17:04 +0000

What a great story. Thanks for sharing it with us.

By: An IDEA Parent

An IDEA Parent — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:13:22 +0000

Ms. Jeffries, I have an autistic son too; it’s one of the reasons I had to switch careers – so I could be closer to home. I completely understand why you moved to another state to get your son a better education. Your perseverence is admirable.

By: Gennita Low

Gennita Low — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:59:52 +0000

Hi Deb,

Good to read your story here. Sorry we had so little time in San Fran.

By: Jessa Slade

Jessa Slade — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:55:23 +0000

Yours were some of the first historicals I read after I’d devoured the classics. I’m so glad you kept fighting forward. And yay Micki, for her vision.

By: Sabrina Jeffries

Sabrina Jeffries — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:54:40 +0000

Thanks, y’all! I’ve been out all day, so it’s great to come in and see all the lovely comments! If you’re in the kind of position I’m talking about, take heart! Professional writers are professional writers–they always land somewhere.