What are the odds? Three months into this whole writing endeavor, I attended a conference in Denver where I met my first honest-to-goodness published author. Her name was (is?) Beverly Brandt and she generously offered advice to this newbie on a host of topics. In the course of our conversation, I learned she sold the first book she wrote which, as you might well imagine, impressed me to no end.
Two years later, I saw her at a book signing at the conference in Dallas and she told me she’d sold five books that year. Not only that, she’s now writing in a different genre under a separate name (Jacey Ford) and one of her romantic comedies has been optioned as a movie for Jessica Simpson.
Um. Can you spell o-v-e-r-a-c-h-i-v-e-r??
Meanwhile, I slog on, still unpublished. (Big sigh).
I probably shouldn’t write this here…ya know, I should probably stick to touting my successes. But the truth is, my second manuscript, Stealing Amy, hasn’t exactly met with resounding demand, which is to say, my query letter hasn’t resulted in requests for partials. My writing friend, Brooke, suggests maybe the topic is off-putting (Amy goes off on a search for the woman who stole her identity).
Well, guess what?
Today I was browsing at B&N and came across a new release by Beverly Brandt. Yep. It’s about a character who’s searching for her identity thief. The opening scene is strikingly similar to my own.
Eerie, huh? Like I say. What are the odds?
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Which says your premise is current. Don't give up on it. I know how you feel. After writing a manuscript, I've run across books with striking similarities to mine. It is eerie, not to mention frustrating. One theory is that we all tap into some sort of cosmic or shared consciousness. Some people even write stories and later find out they are true. Now that would blow my mind.
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