Guest blogger: Lizzie Lamb
Thrilled to bits with the great job the ARRA have done with the blog I wrote for them. Thank you, ladies.
Australian Romance Readers Association
It’s never too late to realise a dream
My dream came true when I took early retirement from teaching after thirty-four years at the chalk face to become a published author. When I retired a colleague gave me a pillow embroidered with: ‘May All Your Dreams Come True’ and I set out to make it happen.
So far, it’s been a great journey.
I joined the Romantic Novelists’ Association as a member of the New Writers’ Scheme and took two years to write my first novel Tall, Dark and Kilted. After receiving lots of encouragement I felt the manuscript was ready to be submitted to agents. RNA friends came forward with lots of suggestions what to do next. I will be eternally grateful to Amanda Grange (author of Mr Darcy’s Diary) who suggested that ‘times were a-changing’ and I should self-publish.
Taking Mandy’s advice I self-published Tall, Dark…
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Posted on July 27, 2014, in Lizzie's Scribbles. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.
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