My
name is Andrew Joyce, and I write books for a living. Kim has been kind enough
to allow me a little space on her blog to promote my new book, MOLLY LEE.
The story is a female-driven account of a young naive girl’s journey into an
independent, strong woman and all the trouble she gets into along the way.
Now
you may possibly be asking yourself, What
is a guy doing writing in a woman’s voice? And that’s a good question. I
can only say that I did not start out to write about Molly; she just came to me
one day and asked that I tell her story.
Perhaps
I should start at the beginning.
My first book was a 164,000-word historical novel. And in the publishing
world, anything over 80,000 words for a first-time author is heresy. Or so I
was told time and time again when I approached an agent for representation.
After two years of research and writing, and a year of trying to secure the
services of an agent, I got angry. To be told that my efforts were meaningless
was somewhat demoralizing to say the least. I mean, those rejections were
coming from people who had never even read my book.
