Maybe I should
say Happy Trails, since these are My Travels. I’ve been traveling in this space
for a little over 5 years. (Reading this made me look. )
On January 4th,
2010, I posted about my journey so far. At that point, I
had gotten some short stories published and had written 4 novels, all of them
unpublished. I think I had been seriously writing full time for about 8 years.
I started getting rejections on my first novel in 2002.
Here are some of
my high points along the way.
In February of 2010, I got notice that one of my short stories had been nominated for an
Agatha Award! There was much excitement about that!!
In 2011, my first
novel, CHOKE, was published and received an Agatha nomination for Best First
Novel in 2012.
At Killer
Nashville in 2013, it was announced that EINE KLEINE MURDER was a finalist for
the Silver Falchion Award.
Then, in 2014,
DEATH IN THE TIME OF ICE was nominated for Best Historical for an Agatha Award.
A few short
stories have won awards and found homes in magazines and anthologies, which
makes me very happy because I LOVE writing them. Three more will be in two
anthologies this year, too.
I acquired a new
writing identity, Janet Cantrell, for my Fat Cat books with the Penguin
imprint, Berkely Prime Crime last year.
The first one, FAT CAT AT LARGE, debuted as a national best seller, to
my complete astonishment.
How lucky can one
gal get? Not much luckier than this!
Here’s to 5 more
years of Travels with Kaye, wherever it takes me.
Congratulations on five years of blogging! You've had quite the journey. I'm so happy to see your successes grow---and speaking of growing, keep those garden pictures coming.
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Thank you! Snow is falling on the ice we got over the last few days right now. It's pretty, but the daffodils might get nipped. I had some budding.
ReplyDeleteA very successful journey so far. Happy blog-aversary and may your journey continue to be a great one.
ReplyDeleteAw, thanks, LD! Sometimes I wonder how I got where I am, but it's all baby steps, right?
ReplyDeleteWhat I mean is, national bestseller, me? That's ridiculous!
ReplyDeleteI think we met not too long before your story was nominated for an Agatha, right? I'm afraid I've lost count. Anyway, congratulations on your overnight sensationship.
ReplyDeleteThanks you! You probably helped me write it, Kathy. Yes, it only takes 10 or 12 years to become an overnight sensation, luckily. Glad it's so fast.
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