Palace Hills was released through Limitless Publishing on September 9, 2014, and has become my stepping stone in so many ways. The idea I once brushed off quickly found interest from two publishers and my long awaited traditional publishing contract soon became a reality. It took me eight years to finally pen this shelved idea and, honestly, I don’t know why I waited so long. My instincts were definitely telling me something and finally I was ready to listen. In fact, the idea never quieted and would pop up even when I was writing something else. Yet, no matter how hard I tried, my stories would always got that big fat X – a generic letter, an automatic reply, a NO. If anything, it was more of a personal goal of mine and an ambition I held dearly. After choosing to self-publish my first four novels, I was blessed to grow a rather humble reading base and, though self-publishing can lead to success for some authors, I still yearned to attain that ever elusive traditional publishing contract.
Rejection after rejection, I couldn’t get out of the dreaded slush pile. However, that ëone day’ didn’t come for eight long years.Īs many aspiring authors know, the query process is one of the most gut-wrenching things they’ll have to endure.
I’d surely get to writing it one day, I’d tell myself.
Unfortunately, I didn’t listen to my gut and placed the idea into the recesses of my mind. There certainly wouldn’t be any room for it among the light-hearted romances that I had come to know and love…right? So, why did this story weigh on me heavily, almost itching to be told? It was a story of heartbreak, pain, and star crossed lovers. The idea for Palace Hills came to me when I was a naive twenty-three year old. The problem is, sometimes that shelved idea could be the one that may start it all. In fact, I’d been guilty of pushing a story idea away, putting one off as if it weren’t as “worthy” as the rest of them. The influx of ideas could be so great at times that honing in on just one may be a problem. Inspiration often comes out of nowhere-music, dreams, and maybe even from people-watching. An intense love for writing can certainly breed openness to receiving ideas.
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