Guest Post: “Saying Goodbye to a Series” by Lynn Cahoon author of THE BULL RIDER’S KEEPER

lynncahoon:

I’m talking about saying goodbye to The Bull Rider series today.

Originally posted on Romance Writer Sara Walter Ellwood:

Saying Goodbye to a Series

 The Bull Rider’s Brother started my crazy journey as an author. One with real books to sell, digitally and in print. Four friends from a small mountain town in Idaho come together in an annual celebration in their hometown.  The couple most likely to marry finally find each other again.

My story sold a week after I returned from a visit home.  While I was gone, my husband got the letter from my targeted publisher turning down the book. I was heartbroken. After doing two sets of edits and waiting a year, the editor said no. As he read it to me over the phone, I said something about trying another publisher.

He said maybe I should work on the book more.

I didn’t kill him.  Instead, I ignored his advice and sent it off to a new imprint with an established publisher.  Crimson…

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