Patience Is My Least Favorite Virtue…
My novel, Friends Like These, is on submission right now to potential publishers. My agent has given me some positive feedback about editor reviews of it. I’m anxiously awaiting any scrap of news about a formal offer for the novel. Although I’ve published short stories with small press anthologies and self-published 3 books, I have not had a novel go through a traditional publisher’s process. The waiting is both exciting and unnerving about what comes next.
That’s why I’m really looking forward to hearing from our guest speaker at this month’s Citrus Crime Writers (CCW) meeting on June 13, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. Our Ask the Expert session will feature award-winning writer and Chicago book coach, Mia P. Manansala, author of the newly-released culinary cozy mystery, Arsenic and Adobo (Penguin Random House – May 4, 2021), the first book in the Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery Series. Mia (she/her) will present on the joys and challenges of “Being a Debut Author.” To learn more about Mia, check out her website: https://www.miapmanansala.com/.
I’m looking forward to learning from her first-hand experiences. If you’re a writer, her presentation might be of interest to you, too. CCW Members–please check your email for a link to the Zoom meeting. If you’re not a member, but want to attend, please email CCW at citruscrimewriters@gmail.com. Hope to see you on Sunday!!
