Reflecting on 2010
2010 was a productive year for me. It brought a string of rejections that I was able to turn into sales. BLACK ANGEL, RIDE THE LIGHTNING, THE FALL OF JERICHO, & RENEGADE were all rejected, but were snatched up by Champagne Books and Cobblestone Press.
It brought the return of my BEAST series (OMG Mac..*drool*) and the introduction of a new erotic series about Desert Princes, which people seem to like a bit. 
I was discovered by eBook pirates, but I'm not complaining — too much. Since I've been "discovered", my sales have gone up, so I suppose once they read one book they like, they buy the rest. And unbelievably, my fantasy novella, KINDRED, did amazingly well in sales. Better than I ever thought it would do. I don't know what it was about that little book. Dragon shifters? Word of mouth? I don't know. But it was a pleasant surprise for me.
I spent the rest of the year finishing that Desert Princes series (it was so much fun!), and I've finally begun a new Western, the sequel to IN YOUR ARMS, a book for Shirley Bloom. It's also erotic, entitled HEART OF A SCOUNDREL that I'm about halfway through currently.
I decided about halfway through the year to quit chasing the Golden Carrot of NY publishing. Not because I didn't think I was good enough, and not because of my rejections. But because I truly believe eBooks are the wave of the future, and more and more people are buying Kindles and Nooks every day. If I can be the Best Darn eBook Author I can be, then score! I would love to be well-known as a best selling eBook author. Wouldn't it be awesome to get as well-known as a NY author, but NOT be pubbed in NY? I think it would be pretty darned sweet. So that's my new goal in my writing career–write as many books as I can, reach as many people as I can, and become a Big Name without the springboard of NY. Anything can happen in five years…
(….so tell your friends and help me make this a reality! lol….)
And then I had my whole wrist debacle. UGH. I still don't know what's going on in there. I think for now, there's nothing more doctors can do for me. But it took the entire year to come to that conclusion. However, I did score surgery on my wrist that helped me tremendously, so it wasn't a complete failure. But I can work throughout the day without my brace on 24/7. That's a win in my book.
It was a wild ride, 2010. Up and down, rejections and sales, and too much dang time waiting on doctors to find out what the heck was wrong with me. Let's hope 2011 brings all kinds of great tidings!
~~Becka
