It's hard to believe it's been ten years since my first novel The Beach House was published. Ironically it took the better part of ten years to get the book finished, but I got there in the end and it finally made it's way out into the world.
What a journey it's been! Although my book did not go on to become an international bestseller (still hoping!), it did enjoy a moderate level of success and still sells copies today. Fortunately I have refined my processes since then so it no longer takes me that long to write one book, but I am grateful for all the lessons my first book taught me - especially in the editing field.
In the intervening decade I have published two more novels and a collection of short stories and I am currently working on my fourth novel. Although I did not anticipate The Beach House would be the start of a series, it did happen with The Perfect Proposal (short story) and Third Offence both being sequels to one of the characters from The Beach House.
So happy anniversary to The Beach House. Thank you for allowing me to achieve my dream of being an author and for staying in my head all those times I decided I just couldn't do it. And thank you for the other stories you inspired through my sequels.
What a journey it's been! Although my book did not go on to become an international bestseller (still hoping!), it did enjoy a moderate level of success and still sells copies today. Fortunately I have refined my processes since then so it no longer takes me that long to write one book, but I am grateful for all the lessons my first book taught me - especially in the editing field.
In the intervening decade I have published two more novels and a collection of short stories and I am currently working on my fourth novel. Although I did not anticipate The Beach House would be the start of a series, it did happen with The Perfect Proposal (short story) and Third Offence both being sequels to one of the characters from The Beach House.
So happy anniversary to The Beach House. Thank you for allowing me to achieve my dream of being an author and for staying in my head all those times I decided I just couldn't do it. And thank you for the other stories you inspired through my sequels.
