My fellow 2007 Golden Heart “Licensed to Sell” finalist sister, Marilyn Brant, just sold her first two books to Kensington! Marilyn won the Golden Heart for Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements in Dallas last summer with her manuscript, ACCORDING TO JANE. Way to go, Marilyn! To check out Marilyn’s first sale story (and who wouldn’t want to?), please visit her blog.
Why do I keep mentioning when another Bond Girl sells? To rub salt into the wounds of non-finalists? Uh, no. To give unpublished writers hope. And to show that finaling and/or winning the Golden Heart can help propel a writer on her way to that first sale. Sure, there are of those of us (not looking at anyone in particular…) who haven’t sold our GH finalist manuscripts. Finaling and/or winning the Golden Heart does not mean you will without-a-doubt, 100% sell that manuscript. But your finalist status definitely gets you a foot in the door in terms of marketing or re-marketing that manuscript. And who wouldn’t want some of that?