Beguiled Again and Again [Until I Got It Right]

The first time I wrote Jeff and Cecilia’s story, she had three boys. Jeff was a lawyer. Jeff spent the entire book chasing her, trying to woo her. The book almost sold but didn’t, for which I am forever grateful.

No. Really.

That was the first book I ever started and actually finished, and for all of its charm (and it did have charm) it had problems, as well. I’ll never forget the telephone call from the editor. The Call. Everyone had told me, a letter is a rejection. A phone call is YES! [This...