CAROL BURNSIDE / ANNIE RAYBURN

Chicken or the Egg kinda thing

Posted on February 15, 2005 by Annie Rayburn/Carol Burnside

In my first WIP, I had a couple critiques where a certain plot line was questioned. Would a lawyer really advise someone to get married just to increase their chances of retaining custody of a child? Would it increase their chances? I thought so, and stuck to my plot.

A couple weeks ago, a friend mentioned that her daughter’s fiancé was in a custody battle, fighting to keep custody of his little girl. His lawyer had recommended they speed up their wedding plans ASAP so they represented a whole family unit before going to court.

No wonder readers are willing to suspend belief in category romance plots. They’re imitating life. Or life is imitating… hmmm.

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Heads up, people. Good news here.

Posted on February 14, 2005 by Annie Rayburn/Carol Burnside

Here’s the rug that got pulled out from under me.

Gulp!

Carol Burnside’s Forever Kind of Guy finalled in the Long Contemporary category of the Great Expectations contest offered by the North Texas RWA. In two days, her entry will be on its way to the final round judge, Laura Shin, Sr. Editor of Harlequin’s Superromance line.