CAROL BURNSIDE / ANNIE RAYBURN

Perks from crazy leap

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

Some might say I was crazy to enter a pitch for a manuscript I’d barely begun. Some might be right. 😉 But nothing ventured, nothing gained, hey?

From my crazy, impulsive jump into the fire (so to speak) has come a nice perk. I’m writing every day, pushing myself to write a little more each time, upping that output. Now that’s a good thing and is establishing a good habit again.

At this point, I knew I could write a complete manuscript and more or less the time frame I could do it in. So, I guess it was a calculated crazy.

I do miss the social networking interaction as I’m definitely not doing much of that. I can barely remember to dash something off here occasionally and participate on Petit Fours and Hot Tamales.

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What’s goin’ on?

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

I’ve been hinting at a new project because I wasn’t sure if anything would pan out on it, but now something has and I’m ready to share.

I entered the Editor Pitch Challenge for Harlequin Mills and Boon’s Medical Romance line a couple weeks ago. Today the authors invited to pitch were announced and my name was among them! Squeeeeee!

I’m pitching a new manuscript with a working title of Prescription for Love. It’s a “Baywatch meets Private Practice” book with a handsome but misguided doctor, a Baywatch-type clinic babe with a few secrets, plenty of conflict and sexual tension, and a set of precocious twins.

The pitch is March 1st, so I’ll be scarce – writing my not-so-little tushy off in an effort to complete as much of this manuscript as I possibly can (plus a short synopsis) before the pitch date. Ack!

Wish me luck, pleeeease?