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My First Sale by Donna Lea Simpson

My First Sale by Donna Lea Simpson

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Dona Lea Simpson writes historical romances.   Her latest book,  Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark, is in stores now. *** The business side of romance writing is distinctly unromantic,(…)

My First Sale by Ann Aguirre

My First Sale by Ann Aguirre

Welcome to the My First Sale series. We used to host this on Fridays but starting now, we will be hosting these stories on Monday to make space for our new Friday Film Review feature. In the First Sale series, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in(…)

My First Sale by Miranda Neville

My First Sale by Miranda Neville

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Miranda Neville writes historical romances for Avon. Her latest book, Never Resist Temptation (excerpt), is in stores now. *** One morning my agent called with two rejections. In the afternoon(…)

My First Sale by Rob Thurman

My First Sale by Rob Thurman

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Rob Thurman writes urban fantasy for ACE.   Her current release, featuring the Leandros brothers, is in stores now. Deathwish made it to #26 on the NYT Bestseller list.   In the(…)

My First Sale by Samantha James

My First Sale by Samantha James

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Samantha James writes historical romances for Avon. Her book newest book, Bride of a Wicked Scotsman, is a NYT Bestseller.    *** I think it goes without saying that every(…)

My First Sale by Tracy Ann Warren

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between.   Tracy Ann Warren‘s historicals were recently acquired by  Avon and her latest release, Tempted by His Kiss, is in stores now. *** First sales have a touch of the miraculous about(…)

My First Sale by Charlotte Hughes

My First Sale by Charlotte Hughes

My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between.   Award winning author Charlotte Hughes began her writing career publishing newspaper and magazine articles before becoming a New York Times best selling author. Charlotte makes her home in Beaufort, S. C. Best known(…)

My First Sale by Jade Lee

My First Sale by Jade Lee

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between.   Jade Lee writes romances for both series books for Harlequin and paranormals.   The Dragon Earl from Leisure and The Concubine which was a February Dear Author Recommended Read. Dragonbound is(…)

My First Sale by Carrie Vaughn

My First Sale by Carrie Vaughn

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between.   Today, of course, is Monday and we have an extra special First Sale letter because I double booked.   Carrie Vaughn writes the New York Times bestselling series about Kitty Norville,(…)

My First Sale by Carolyn Jewel

My First Sale by Carolyn Jewel

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Carolyn Jewel writes historicals for Berkley and paranormals for Warner.   Her latest, Scandal, is in stores now. *** Way back in the dark ages, I decided to write a novel(…)

My First Sale by Susan Crandall

My First Sale by Susan Crandall

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Susan Crandall writes romantic suspense. Her newest release, Seeing Red, is in stores now. *** Like so many things a person spends every waking hour working toward and every sleeping(…)

My First Sale by Her Royal Highness, Princess Mia Thermopolis

My First Sale by Her Royal Highness, Princess Mia Thermopolis

Wow, what can I say? This is the first time that Dear Author has hosted royalty on the site. I mean, we’ve read books about Princes (usually angry bitter ones that are healed by the love of a woman who pretends to be brazen but is really a virgin who gives up her job so(…)

My First Sale by Jill Shalvis

My First Sale by Jill Shalvis

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Jill Shalvis‘s new series about the Wilder family is kicked off at the end of this month with Instant Attraction.   SB Sarah and I have been running a promotion for(…)

My First Sale by Margo Maguire

My First Sale by Margo Maguire

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Margo Maguire writes historical romances for Avon. Her fifth Avon book, Wild, is in stores now. Wild, is in stores now. *** My road to publishing was not exactly the(…)

My First Sale by Jessica Andersen

My First Sale by Jessica Andersen

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Jessica Andersen is medical doctor specializing in genetics who happens to write romantic suspense for Harlequin and a paranormal romance series for Signet (imprint of Penguin) based on the Mayan(…)