I survived my first pitch (barely) to Deb Werksman from Sourcebooks yesterday.  It went well… not the actual pitching so much (although Deb assured me, once I’d calmed down, that I did a good job), but I did come away with a request, two actually.

YAY!!

Currently, Deb is not accepting multicultural or IR romance, so I was given a referral to an editor at another publisher.  I also got the chance to speak to her about my Urban Fantasy trilogy I have in the works, and she requested that I send that one to her when I was ready.

Can you say “Woohoo”?

I am over the moon at this opportunity.  So needless to say, I am off to the bat cave to polish up my contemporary romance so  I can submit it.  Then I’ll be digging into my Urban Fantasy trilogy in a couple of weeks.

This has been an unbelievable year for me, as far as my writing goes.  I decided in January to get serious about getting published, and I set several goals that would help me accomplish this task.  So while it is just a request to read my manuscripts and not an offer to buy– at least not right now 

“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.”- Peace Pilgrim

(I’m working on channeling more optimism)

I feel good now knowing that I am actually making progress in my journey.  While I’ve not reached my destination, I have past several mile markers.  This means I’m further along the path now than I was at the beginning of this year; In fact, I’m now closer to my goal than to my starting point, so that’s a very good thing.

I’m feeling like a real writer now.

Ok, I got a lots of work to do, so I’m off to the bat cave.