Monica Corwin's 10 Things I Didn’t Know About Becoming a Published Author #newrelease

10 Things I Didn’t Know About Becoming a Published Author


Not sure if I should order this list by most surprising or most loathsome. I'll give it a shot and you can guess which I chose….or maybe both.
1.     It takes ALL the rewrites to get a story correct. I wasn’t prepared for how much rewriting need almost every time I think I’m finished. They say 95% writing is re-writing.
2.     There are different levels of agent rejection:
a.     Form rejection. That means you did something wrong or your book was not in any way shape or form ready or interesting to that person.
b.     Form rejection BUT with some critique. Your book didn’t completely suck and would suck less if you did the following things. However, it’s still a honking no.
c.      Partial request. This means whatever you sent had some potential. They want a little taste.
d.     Full Request. Still not in the door. They can still say no even after reading the entire book.
3.     Beta readers. I had no idea what a beta reader was until I published. They are the shiny elves that catch all the crazy so other lovely readers don’t have to.
4.     Marketing. This is by far what I am the worst at. For every book that is published the writing is only one part of it. After the book comes out there is an entirely new wave of work to be done to promote it.
5.     Competition. A strange thing some authors believe we are all in competition with one another. I read enough books to know that if I see two books I like I’m going to read them both. There is no reason for me to have to choose. So I spend time promoting my fellow authors to combat this stigma.
6.     Nothing prepared you for holding a print of your book for the first time. Doesn’t matter if you’ve published one book or fifty books. It’s still a thrill.
7.     Being published does not mean you’ll be famous and a lot of writers write for the joy of storytelling or to silence the crazy voices in our heads. A lot for independent authors do it for the love, not the money.
8.     REVIEWS. I never realized how important reviews are to an author. Hint: VERY IMPORTANT.
9.     Every publisher wants and does something different. There is no industry standard and you have to remain flexible when publishing. Always fluid or you won’t be able to work with anyone.
10.  People suck sometimes. There will be those who look down on you if you haven’t made a best-seller list. Some who think you’re nothing until they are making a movie of your book. Some who think your genre doesn’t count as a real book.

It takes a lot of fortitude to be an author. It also takes a lot of guts to put all that out there in the world. So if you know a writer…published or not…give them a hug.
And check out my new book! 


On a White Horse
Blurb: Victor Brandt has a secret. As a new resident to New York, he goes out in search of diversion, and he finds it behind a red door. The Underworld embraces him, and soon he realizes he's going back night after night just to see Mistress Lethe: a Dominatrix so demanding she will satisfy her submissive into forgetting their own name before stealing her pleasure. But soon Mistress Lethe draws Victor into her world, and he realizes it's a lot larger than he thought.
Bianca's coffee business is booming, but her love life is lacking. With each step her friends—the other three horsemen of the apocalypse—take toward happiness, she holds herself back. As visions of the future threaten everything the horsemen have built, Bianca finds a man who sees all of her: the light and the dark, and for a little while she becomes Mistress Lethe, a simple woman and the embodiment of Conquest. But fate plays cruel jokes, and after only a short time with Victor she is confronted with a decision that can save the world but cost her the first man that’s ever made her want to be human.


When a mysterious stranger arrives bearing ill omens, Bianca wonders if she can keep together her motley crew in order to save the world. Or will the threesome’s tangled emotions usher in the apocalypse? Come and see.
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Author Bio: Monica Corwin is an outspoken writer who attempts to make romance accessible to everyone no matter their preferences. As a new Northern Ohioian Monica enjoys snow drifts, three seasons of weather, and disliking Michigan. When not writing Monica spends time with her daughter and her ever growing collection of tomes about King Arthur.





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Excerpt:
Bianca berated herself for succumbing to such distraction. Victor, his body, sighs, and all that toned brown skin. Even after her seal was stolen, she still couldn’t get him from her mind. It’s not like they didn’t have an idea of who stole it. It made sense she’d target Bianca since she’d humiliated her when they fought with Hel in the Underworld. The fact that a hellhound had entered her home while she and Katherine were out and stole the crown enraged her. Even Victor’s beautiful body couldn’t heal that sense of violation. When she raced home and found the place empty, at first fear flashed through her for Katherine’s safety, but she called the others and located them all at Scarlet’s place. They partied along completely oblivious through the theft of her seal and where was she? Shame poured over her as her mind drifted back to Victor.Every inch of her wanted to take Victor again and mark him as her own. His sighs resounded in her mind as she stared at her ceiling during the night. And often, since she’d woken up, she’d stop and think about him. She’d ridden him on the floor, and he’d taken everything she dished out and wanted more. For her first human BDSM relationship, she wadded in neck deep. She researched online about BDSM relationships and learned she’d claim him if he wanted her to. Collar him and then set the standards of whatever came afterward.For a moment, she considered what kind of collar one would put on a human and if he might actually wear it. Maybe only at the club or in play. Parts of her discounted the notion because she loved nothing impeding her hands from his bare skin. Beautifully unmarred by accessories…but he also cut a nice suit.She slammed the open book in her lap closed as the bus rattled along between taxis and tourist rigs. No point in pretending anymore. She’d read ten words since she opened it fifteen minutes prior, and three stops remained until she would exit the bus and trek the couple blocks to work. Cloris wanted her, and all of them, to use her car service, but most of them loved the independence and the ability to go about their day and live their own life. Even if they did spend most of their time together. She worried after Katherine though. The woman cared too much about others for her own good, and Bianca feared someone would take advantage of her gentle heart.A man bumped against her as the bus hit a pothole. He grabbed the pole in front of her that aligned with the seats. All the seats were taken, or she’d have shifted to another one. She glared over at him to find him leering down her cleavage. If she were Scarlet, she’d make him hurt for the insult. Cloris would stare him down and make him regret his daring. If she were Katherine, she’d politely excuse herself to another area of the bus until departure and then forget about it. She glanced back at him as he continued staring, and she didn’t care. None of it mattered because a numb emptiness suffused her. Sitting on a bus full of humans, milling around, living their menial lives. The end of the world might be a favor to them. Give them something to fight for.Her hands tingled with the power inside her. She shook them to try dissipating the sensation, but it didn’t work. The edge she’d worn off at the club returned with a vengeance. A reminder as that conquering power began to force its way back up again. The man shifted his hand and grazed her breast as he shifted it up the pole in front of the row of seats. Her control snapped and she grabbed his chin. For a moment, the lust in his eyes, and then behind it the disgusted dirty deeds he’d committed in his life, were all she could see. The way he used and abused women before tossing them away.His voice broke the spell. “You know you want it.”She leaned in and pressed her lips to his in barely the promise of a kiss, and shoved the raw power inside him. When she pulled away, she smiled and whispered against his mouth. “You will never touch another woman again. Every time you do your skin will itch and burn as if you caught fire.”He shifted and attempted to break the grip she held on his chin. She wasn’t Cloris, Katherine, or Scarlet, but she was stronger than a human woman. She patted him on the cheek, before releasing him, and he flinched back with a pained expression.The bus jerked to a halt and she parted the crowd to exit. Once the cool air hit her face, she realized the direction her mind drifted and stopped cold. She’d only seen Victor a couple days prior, and the time she spent with him kept the edge of the need to control at bay, but after two days without the power, it began to rise from the depths of her demanding to be used, demanding the respect. She sighed as a cold sweat sprouted at her temples. She began a heavy march toward the shop and started to wonder if working would be a bad idea. To be around customers and people making demands of her. That might not be a good mix to her already unpredictable powers. She reached into her pocket for her phone and hit one of her worker’s numbers. “Hey, Tina, it’s B. Do you mind taking my shift this afternoon?”


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