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Book Title: Layers of the Past (Age recommended 18 +)
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Paperback: 310 pages
Publisher: Al Tonya Washington (July 3, 2014)
ISBN-10: 0991181409
ISBN-13: 978-0991181407
About The Author
AlTonya Washington has been a published romance novelist for 10 years. In 2013, her Harlequin Kimani novel "His Texas Touch" won the Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Series Romance of 2012. In addition to being an author, AlTonya also works as a college Reference Librarian. Writing as T. Onyx, AlTonya released her latest erotica "Ravenous: Ruler of Perfection II" in 2013. Her newest title with Harlequin Kimani is "Provocative Passion" nominated for an AMB Ovation Award for Outstanding Interracial Romance and the sequel to the January 2013 release "Provocative Territory". In November she will release "A Lover's Debt", the 17th title in the Ramsey Tesano saga.
HOW TO MEET DEADLINES AND REMAIN SANE
I’ve been a published author in the
writing game for over ten years. I feel quite blessed whenever I hear someone
stressing over deadlines. I started writing almost ten years before I ever
received my first book contract. By that time, I’d had about 15 titles of
varying length under my bed at home. My answer to remaining sane in the
presence of deadlines is to be prepared or more importantly be over-prepared by having an almost
obsessive desire to create.
When I got ‘the call’ I’d been
waiting on from the woman who would come to be my first editor, she had read a
manuscript that I’d previously submitted to another editor who left the pub
house before we could work together. The new editor wasn’t overwhelmed by the
manuscript I had previously submitted, but she did enjoy my writing style and
asked what else I had. When I told her the extent of my writing collection, she
asked me to send in a list of my strongest works with brief synopses. Afterwards,
she made a selection for two which resulted in her offering my first contract.
Being prepared with a wealth of items to choose from was definitely a blessing.
I was already anxious what with being offered a two book deal. My second book
was very well received although I don’t know if that would have been the case
if I’d been in a situation of having to create it from scratch on the heels of
my first award nominated title.
When there is no stress of
deadlines, an author’s ability to create flows instead of stagnates. I worked
for a newspaper advertising department early in my career so I tend to work
pretty well under pressure. Having that sort of pressure early in my writing career
however wasn’t something I wanted to experience. Now that I make a living in
both the traditional and independent markets, my workload has increased. I find
that it serves me well to lay out a writing calendar so that I can establish
time to work on each aspect of the book from premise, to outline, to rough and
final drafts. This kind of scheduling has been a godsend as it not only helps
me to keep my projects in order, but it keeps me from feeling stressed that I
may overlook a target date.
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