Welcome Shiloh Walker to share her 'call'

Welcome Julie Leto! Welcome Nancy Gideon for her 'CALL' s...

Welcome Shiloh Walker to share her 'call'

Tracy K is the winner! Email me at lisarenjones@aol.com with your address.

Today we have a really fun story from the super talented Shiloh Walker.

Prizes — a choice of :

-a download of HEALER AND PROTECTOR

-A download of HIDDEN INSTINCTS

-for Wrapped in seduction and SANTA BABY

-Sexy Beast 9

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Also this contest will run until NOON on THURSDAY. And I am leaving JULIE LETO open for comments — your chance to win a prize — until noon tomorrow.

Onward to Shiloh! This is such a COOL story!

My Call…

So I've kind of got two call stories, but I always tell my second one, because it's the one that's the most fun, because it was completely unexpected.

It came when I'd already been published with Ellora's Cave and at the time, I hadn't had any firm plans to branch out. I wanted to do so sooner or later, just wasn't sure when.

I was sitting at my desk and a message popped on my Yahoo IM from Lora Leigh. It read:

You need to call Angela Knight.

I read it, frowned and asked her:

Why? What did I do now?

Her response:

Just CALL her. Here's her number.

But I'm stubborn and I'm nosy and I want to know why I'm supposed to be calling somebody. Finally, she types:

Give me your number.

Of course, she has my number, but we're both really good at losing that sort of thing. I give it to her, twenty seconds later, the phone rings, and she's practically laughing as she yells, "Damn it, Shiloh, would you just call her? Now?"

"Um… is this a good sort of thing?"

"Oh, yes. Call her."

So her excitement is kind of rubbing off on me. I hang up. Call Angela Knight.

"Hi, Shiloh…so Cindy Hwang is trying to get a hold of you but your email is bouncing."

My heart stops. Cindy Hwang—I know this name. She edits for Berkley. She's like a major editor at Berkley. But why is she trying to get a hold of me?

"Um… Cindy Hwang?" I asked.

"Yes. I've got her phone number and email. Can you get in touch with her?"

I squeaked out something that must have resembled yes. Then I hang up. It's Sunday. But I don't let that stop me from calling the number Angela had given me. I also emailed. Just to be sure.

Monday morning, I waited on pins and needles. Halfway through the morning, the phone rings. Caller ID shows me it's a New York number.

I answer.

"Hi, may I speak to Shiloh Walker?"

"This is her."

"Hi… this is Cindy Hwang, I'm an editor at Berkley—"

Me, being oh so suave and polite, interrupt her and go, "I know who you are."

She laughs. "Oh, good. I've been trying to get a hold of you through your email but it's bouncing. I'm putting together an anthology and was wondering if you'd be interested in doing a paranormal novella for me…"