I admit, I don’t blog often. OK, I only blog where I’m scheduled to with my fellow writers from the American Title Contest on our blog Title Wave. But so many people have either emailed or called in the last month or so to find out what happened to my book, The Spellbound Bride, that I thought it was about time I write it up on the blog.

Here’s the deal: The Spellbound Bride was supposed to come out in late May. My publisher gave me a lot of excuses about printing problems and such, but ultimately a month after the book was slated for release the publisher folded and filed for bankruptcy.

I was one of the fortunate ones. I asked for, and received, the rights back to my book weeks before they filed. Some of my fellow authors weren’t so lucky and now can’t even order or sell their own books!

Right now I’m working on finding a new home for The Spellbound Bride. I mean, afterall, it already received a four-star review from Romantic Times Magazine and some great reviews online. You would think someone would pick it up, right? Well, welcome to publishing…

There are only so many places a writer can submit his or her work without an agent. So I’ve been working on getting a new agent. I split with my agent of 8 years back in 2005 and haven’t really been all that worked up about getting a new one until now.

The problem is that this all takes time. I’ve already heard back from a number of agents who’ve said “your writing is great, but just not my taste” to the point where a writer begins to wonder if her book is anyone’s taste. But I know from those of you who were kind enough to read advanced copies for review, and from booksellers who looked at the book, that there are people out there who want to read The Spellbound Bride. And for you, I’ll keep looking for a home for this book.

I’ll be sure to post as things happen.

Thanks for checking in on me.

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