Tuesday, October 25, 2011

This Is One Post I Can't Schedule...

I'll be making a small change to my blog profile, but even though I will only be changing a couple of words, its a super huge deal.

*Ahem*

I have gotten a contract from Hellfire Publishing. My book, Shadow of the Rose, Book One: Adversarius, has been accepted and will most likely be a Spring/Summer release!

This is sort of why I was scrambling to get the query and synopsis done. Awhile back, on FaceBook, Dawn Binkley (HP Editor) had mentioned to me that they accept Fantasy submissions. So I thought, hmm... why not? That is when I began editing, looking for beta readers, working on the query and synopsis.

I polished them all to the best of my ability and followed the submission guidelines to a 'T' and was accepted. I submitted the work on my birthday. XD That was my present to myself.

I've done my homework this time. The only thing I can find out there that slams Hellfire is on the Absolute Write Water Cooler about grammatical errors on their website. The contract is sound and pretty average. In my heart, I feel this is a good fit for me, a better start than before with the Evil PA.

So there ya go! I'm super excited! Woohoo!!!

14 comments:

Angela Brown said...

YAAAAAY! *doing the happy dance for you*

Congratulations. Did your homework, did the hard work and now reaping the rewards!

Awesome!

Cherie Reich said...

Congratulations!! *throws confetti* That's great news!

Ruth said...

Excellent news! October is an awesome month for you and me both. Here's to us! :D

Mel Chesley said...

Thanks so much! ::Dances with you all, throws confetti too::
And woohoo Ruth!!

Melissa Cunningham said...

YEA!!!!!That is fan-freakin-tasktic! Good for you! And I can't wait to read it! You go, girl!

Heather M. Gardner said...

What wonderful news.
Congrats!
HMG

Vicki Rocho said...

What happy news. Congratulations!

Laura M. Campbell said...

That rocks! Enjoy it!

Jamie Gibbs said...

Awesome!!! Major congrats to you, Mel!

Mel Chesley said...

Thanks so much everyone! I love you guys, you're the best author support around! ::hugs to everyone::

Anonymous said...

Awesome news. Congrats! Making that change from "writer" to "author" must be a fantastic feeling. I hope to do the same some day.

Matthew MacNish said...

Wow! So awesome. Congratulations!

Sarah Ahiers said...

That's awesome! Super congrats!!

Mel Chesley said...

Thanks Matthew and Sarah, mainly for putting up with me. :D

And Joshua, I'll be there when it happens to you!

Thanks everyone. :D