Cristy Watson's Blog - Posts Tagged "accessible-fiction"
2010-2020
Living RoughBenchedA decade of time has passed and what have I done?
Well, I was a Faculty Advisor at UBC in 2010 when we hosted the Winter Olympics here in Vancouver. It was the second time I got to see the running of the Olympic Torch up close and personal! I was beginning my teaching career in Calgary in 1988, when they hosted the Winter Olympics.
In 1988, being a published author was a dream of mine. In 2010, that dream became a reality as I signed my first book contract with Orca Book Publishers in Victoria. A part of the reason I was able to celebrate this wonderful event was because of a simple New Year's Resolution a few years before 2010.
At a few minutes to midnight 2008 and 2009, I decided that my resolution needed to be about writing, and becoming a published author. So, I set a goal to finish my novel and workshop it in a writer's group. The next year I said I needed to write a second novel (because I successfully finished my book in the required time, even if was just minutes to midnight when I wrote 'the end') and send off the first one. I did.
And by 2011, I was eagerly waiting for the February release date of BENCHED and the October release date for LIVING ROUGH. I remember the elation I felt when I opened my first boxes of books. Just a few weeks ago, I received a package in the mail from Orca saying that BENCHED has gone into its FOURTH reprint and LIVING ROUGH is now in its FIFTH reprint.
I am finishing the book I started in NANOWRIMO (book two of a fantasy trilogy) and I am now sitting with eight published novels on my shelf. Does it pay to make resolutions about WRITING (#amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity)?
YOU BET!!
Happy New Year and New Decade to all!! And best of luck everyone with your writing pursuits!!
Well, I was a Faculty Advisor at UBC in 2010 when we hosted the Winter Olympics here in Vancouver. It was the second time I got to see the running of the Olympic Torch up close and personal! I was beginning my teaching career in Calgary in 1988, when they hosted the Winter Olympics.
In 1988, being a published author was a dream of mine. In 2010, that dream became a reality as I signed my first book contract with Orca Book Publishers in Victoria. A part of the reason I was able to celebrate this wonderful event was because of a simple New Year's Resolution a few years before 2010.
At a few minutes to midnight 2008 and 2009, I decided that my resolution needed to be about writing, and becoming a published author. So, I set a goal to finish my novel and workshop it in a writer's group. The next year I said I needed to write a second novel (because I successfully finished my book in the required time, even if was just minutes to midnight when I wrote 'the end') and send off the first one. I did.
And by 2011, I was eagerly waiting for the February release date of BENCHED and the October release date for LIVING ROUGH. I remember the elation I felt when I opened my first boxes of books. Just a few weeks ago, I received a package in the mail from Orca saying that BENCHED has gone into its FOURTH reprint and LIVING ROUGH is now in its FIFTH reprint.
I am finishing the book I started in NANOWRIMO (book two of a fantasy trilogy) and I am now sitting with eight published novels on my shelf. Does it pay to make resolutions about WRITING (#amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity)?
YOU BET!!
Happy New Year and New Decade to all!! And best of luck everyone with your writing pursuits!!
