Well I promised you some of the big names in romance writing and here's where I keep part of my promise. Because today's Guest Blogger is another of the real stars of the Harlequin Presents line up - Sandra Marton.So many times I've heard from would-be authors that there's no point in submitting to Presents/Modern because they just don't accept American authors. Huh? Now why on earth would that be? And sucha comment is going in thre face of clear evidence from the actual Presents line-up. There are several authors who totally disprove this theory - more of them coming up later - and one of course is Sandra Marton.
Sandra is one of the authors that I used to hunt out when I was just beginning my caree
r in this writing game. Her very first book Rapture in the Sands was published in 1985, so we started out almost together. Just to see the name Sandra Marton on a cover was enough to make me want to grab it.
So when I first met Sandra at the RWA Conference in New York in 2003 it was like meeting one of my personal heroines. I couldn't believe that I was actually sitting, eating pizza with her. But by then we'd communicated so often through the internet that the conversation was easy and relaxed from the start. We share many of the same interests - a love of animals and concern for the environment - though Sandra's wildlife concerns focus on the beautiful wild wolves while I concentrate on the big cats.
Last September, Sandra and her husband came over for the Mills & Boon Authors' lunch and I was able to organise a Presents dinner so that she could meet some more of the UK authors, specially the new ones who had just been signed. I remember sitting opposite her at that meal and finding it really hard to believe that we had only met a couple of times before.
Sandra has a brand new trilogy out now - The Billionaires' Brides and I have a copy of the first book - The Italian Prince's Pregnant Bride - on my TBR pile right now.Her name still makes me reach for a book automatically. (It's very important to get that apostrophe in the right place! My first attempt was The Billionaire's Brides and The Italian Princes' Pregnant Bride - not the same thing at all!)
Welcome to the Blog Party Sandra Marton
Fifty books!
Fifty of anything is an impressive number, isn’t it? We celebrate fiftieth birthdays—well, of other people. I mean, women turn fifty and pretend it’s not happening. We do celebrate friends’ and relatives’ fiftieth anniversaries with parties and champagne, but when else makes us whistle and hoot and stamp our feet and say, “Fifty? Hooray!”
Well, when Kate Walker writes her fiftieth book! Reaching that milestone is a remarkable achievement. And when those fifty books touch the hearts of readers all around the world, you can bet people cheer.
Congratulations, Kate! It’s a joy to party with you… but please, get straight back to work! Your readers want more. More great stories, more exciting heroes, more of everything that is Kate Walker. Here’s a cyber-toast to you, along with a cyber-hug, from a sister author and one of your fans.
Love from Sandra Marton (who, ahem, has written 70 books… and knows, personally, how much these anniversaries really mean)
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GIVEAWAY PRIZE:
A signed copy of one of the books in my August-September-October Presents trilogy, BILLIONAIRES’ BRIDES
GIVEAWAY QUESTION:
Do you enjoy reading linked books like The Billionaires' Brides - and why?
