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How better to celebrate spring than with a new book!  And with spring in mind here’s how you qualify for the drawing March 21, 2010.

If you shoveled snow, drove in snow or slogged through snow this winter, you’re qualified. Just let post and let us know if you prefer life with or without snow!

(I’m a snow girl myself, honest, except for blizzards!)

The March free books are two novels – EXPOSURE by Brandilyn Collins and WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen. Both are new trade paperback editions. I’ll post blurbs about both books next week. Meanwhile if you battled snow this winter, post your snow preference (with or without) and you’ll be in the March 21 drawing. First name drawn wins his/her choice of EXPOSURE or WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. The second name gets the other book.

Blessings! Sue Harrison

Congratulations to Milly Balzarini! You won our February free book, JEFF HERMAN’S GUIDE TO BOOK PUBLISHERS, EDITORS and LITERARY AGENTS 2010.  Milly, please email me at sue@sueharrison.com. Thank you!

Next week I will post a blurb about our free books for March (2 bestselling novels).  See if you qualify for the drawing!

Blessings!  Sue

The snow is blowing in hard across the bay. It cuts the face, burns the eyes, numbs the toes, but I absolutely love January, February and March.  Am I nuts?

Nope. Winter is the time I hide away and write. Instead of only an early morning stint at the computer, I have long lovely days to spend with words. How rare, how joyous!

During my career as a novelist, I have had the privilege of working with big houses (Doubleday, William Morrow, HarperCollins), a small commercial publisher (Thunder Bay), and agents and publishers on four continents. I’ve waded through sixteen-page, multi-title contracts, foreign contracts, and royalty statements. I’ve been fortunate enough to be successful, and I’ve been dumb enough to get burned.

I have a whole lot yet to learn. So why don’t we help each other?

I’m currently working on a new manuscript. Maybe you are, too. I’m currently trying to find a new agent. Maybe you’re looking for an agent, too. Or maybe you’re a reader, and you’d like to know a bit more about the business that brings us the books. 

So let’s talk about it. Let’s help each other figure things out.  Honest questions and helpful answers.

And to add a little sweetener to the mix, anyone who posts a question or an answer will be in the drawing for our February 2010 book. It’s a great one (in size and content) –  Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, and Literary Agents 2010.  Check my next post for details.

Blessings, Sue Harrison