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Take Heart, Fellow Writers! Thinking Outside the Box Can Earn You a Sale!
Tori
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Aloha, All!
We all work, worry, and wonder about our manuscripts, but, sometimes, if we keep at it and think outside the box, a contract may be in our futures. I'm thrilled to announce that I signed a contract this morning with a traditional publisher based in Hawaii for a picture book, LITTLE CALABASH. We all love our book babies, and this story has always been near and dear to my heart. Trying to think outside the box, I finally re-imagined it as set in Hawaii, where we lived for ten years, and submitted it. So---contract signed and delivered this morning!
Take a look at your manuscripts and see if a re-imagination or re-invention might work for you, as well!
Aloha,
Tori
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- December 04, 2018, 10:54 AM
CALVIN'S LAST WORD, Tilbury House 2020
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Congratulations, Tori! Great advice!
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- December 04, 2018, 10:59 AM
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Congratulations, Tory! And mahalo--that's a great tip!
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- December 04, 2018, 11:13 AM
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It's always soooo wonderful to find a home for our heart books!!!
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- December 04, 2018, 02:41 PM
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Woo-hoo! Congatulations.
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- December 04, 2018, 03:04 PM
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Yay, Tori!
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- December 04, 2018, 03:09 PM
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Tori!! Congratulations on your creative thinking outside the box, which had such good results! Thanks for sharing with us, so we can join in your celebration.
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- December 04, 2018, 03:38 PM
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Congrats!!!!!!
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- December 04, 2018, 06:20 PM
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Love this! And happy sales to you.
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- December 04, 2018, 06:37 PM
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Congratulations, Tori
Love the way you phrase our beloved manuscripts as "book babies". Best of luck with its future endeavours.
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- December 05, 2018, 02:59 AM
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Congratulations, Tori!
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- December 06, 2018, 06:01 AM
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Yay, Tori! And thanks for the advice - it's good.
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- December 06, 2018, 06:40 AM
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Thanks for sharing some really great advice!
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- December 06, 2018, 01:28 PM
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Congratulations, and thanks for the encouraging story and advice.
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- December 06, 2018, 02:06 PM
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CONGRATS!!!!!!
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- December 07, 2018, 08:31 AM
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This is wonderful, Tori! Never give up on a story you believe in!
Congratulations!
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- December 07, 2018, 05:46 PM
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Congratulations, Tori! VERY exciting!
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- December 08, 2018, 02:45 PM
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Congratulations!
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- December 08, 2018, 03:28 PM
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Yay Tori!
Thank you for sharing your inspiring story! Congratulations!!
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- December 10, 2018, 05:22 PM
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Congratulations!
Great advice.
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- December 16, 2018, 08:05 AM
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Wonderful news!!
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- December 17, 2018, 04:13 PM
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That's wonderful, Tori! Congratulations!
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- December 17, 2018, 06:43 PM
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Congrats and thanks for sharing!
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- December 18, 2018, 06:59 AM
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Congratulations, Tori!!!
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- December 27, 2018, 03:09 PM
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