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are saying I had positive contact with 8 publishers at CBA in New Orleans. l took my proposal for an historical fiction novel on the worst fire in American history. Seven rejections later, I have more positive feedback from Eerdman’s, who was my personal first choice. They will look at the whole manuscript just as soon as it is completed. Thanks CLASS and Reunion and those lovely “suitees.” Kathy Glover, Cedar Park, TX As
a direct result of contacts I made at CLASS Reunion
this past summer: I wrote the cover article on
Florence Littauer for Godly Business Woman
Magazine, contributed 12 devotional
thoughts to Bible Seeds, a new book being published
by Starburst, and most importantly, I received a
contract for my third book, Meet Your
Mentors, from Servant Publishers. CLASS Reunion
opens doors, not only for contacts and contracts,
but for fun and fellowship. After
CLASS reunion, I received three bites on my
non-fiction book proposal, two from publishers who
had presented to the group, one from a “cold
call” on the CBA floor. After two committee
hearings and several e-mail exchanges with the
editor, Broadman & Holman offered me a solid
contract in early October with a modest advance
(good for a first author according the experts) and
a request for a 200 page manuscript by June 1 with
release date at CBA in 2002. My 20-year dream of
writing books is finally coming true. All the years
waiting and getting scraped up in the travels
through life were well worth it. Now, I have
something of value to share with the world and
hopefully minister to thousands in Christ’s
name. God has truly restored the years the locust
has eaten (theme of the book). During
the CLASS Reunion at CBA, I met the publicist for
Georgia Shaffer’s new book. We kept running
into one another at the different booths and began
to talk. We exchanged cards and later on she
recommended me to the Senior Acquisitions Editor
there. In October, I was offered a book contract
with Servant Publications for a book for Christian
teenagers on dating. The book is tentatively
titled, Dear God, About Saturday Night. The
release date is also tentatively set for fall of
2002. I am so blessed that God has given me such an
opportunity. I
took advantage of the CLASS Reunion in Orlando in
1998 to meet (and schmooze) as many of the
publishers as possible who spoke to our group. My
efforts paid off when Hendrickson Publishers
offered me a contract, which I signed at CLASS
Reunion in 1999 in New Orleans, for A
Woman’s Guide: Healing the Heartbreak of
Divorce. The publisher has put it on the
fast-track for release in early 2001. Marita and
her staff have continued to do an awesome job of
keeping the doors open and the welcome mat ready
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