So one day, back in mid-February, I was having a bad day. Not a bad writing day, just bad, life is driving me crazy, day. And Larissa and I had just been batting around the idea of writing something together – and yes, I concede that it was her idea to write together – and when I say, batting around the idea, it was really more like this:
Me: Did you write our book yet?
Larissa: No – you were going to write it. I was going to supervise.
Imagine several emails a day, all with a variation of the above lines. But on that Friday – I was ready. I opened up the first half of a chapter that I loved, but I couldn’t move forward because the heroine refused to speak to me. So I sent the chapter to Larissa and said, your turn.
She asked what the heroine was supposed to be doing, and I said, whatever you want. She’s all yours. < —–no plotting, no fear.
And we had a blast. Wrote a novella in under 10 days, and during those ten days, both Larissa and I both sold our first books. And still, we kept writing this story.
I mentioned it to Roberta – she said she’d look at it, that we’d need a synopsis for a 3-in-1 novella anthology. We did that. I sent to Roberta, who sent it out to some publishing houses, and Larissa deserted me for Germany. She left me a number in case I had to call her about anything.
And holy crap – I HAD TO CALL HER!! In Germany. Because it’s not every day you get to call your friend on vacation in Germany to tell her that we needed to consider an offer from Bantam Dell for a 3 book deal.
We don’t have any other details yet, other than our new editor loves the stories so much she wants them to all be single titles. *ggg*
And seriously? Don’t listen to anything Larissa tells you. It’s all lies. Except for the non-plotting part.
I can’t wait to send her out-of-order scenes. Heh. Oh wait – I already did that, didn’t I? See – and it all worked out!
Steph T.
OMG!! :bravo: That’s amazing. Good for you guys!!
That’s fantastic!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations to the two of you :thumbsup:
Congratulations to both of you! That is wonderful news :bravo:
Wow, that’s so cool! I’m soooo happy for you two!
Totally inspiring. Congratulations to you both! Excellent, excellent news! :bravo:
[...] Secondly, because I am posting at midnight, I can’t yet point to the post(s) announcing the faboo new sale I mentioned on Friday. Neither can I yet name names. But MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS to . . . . you know who you are! (I’ll come back later and add links!) Update: Go add your congrats to Stephanie Tyler and Larissa Ione. [...]
That is absolutely amazing!
Major congrats to both of you!
WHOOOOO HOOOO!!! That is an amazing sale story! I love the fact the editor wanted all the novellas to be single title. :bravo: Congrates, hon!
I am so stoked for you guys!!!!! :bravo:
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Fabulous news! Wow! Welcome to Bantam Dell!
:LOL:
I don’t know what else to say! You two are charmed for sure! CONGRATULATIONS!
~PJ~
I love it!!! Congrats again, girls!
[...] As if there hasn’t already been enough good news for a year over there, Steph and Larissa have landed a multi book deal with Bantam. Now if you listen to them, they’re arguing over whose idea it was for them to collaborate, but really, it was mine. I have the blog post to prove it too! bwhahahah. [...]
Super duper Congratulations to both of you!!!
I was all set for a boring day in the blogosphere, but you two proved me wrong.
Now I can’t wait to read the books!!!
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Congratulations!!! What a great month you’ve had!
Thanks SO much for the well-wishes and congrats, everyone!!! I really appreciate them – as I said before, it’s wonderful to be able to share cyber-celebrations with everyone!!
So much good news all around the blogosphere…here’s to it continuing for all of us!!!:thumbsup:
Wow, that’s awesome! :bravo: to both of you!
I’m over the moon for you both! I love it!!
Congratulations!!
That is outstanding news. Congratulations to you both! Here’s to happy collaborating. :bravo:
Congratulations you two! This is wonderful news. Now I’m off to Larissa’s to read “the rest of the story”. LOL
As I said at Larissa’s . . . Wow! :bravo:
Congrats and best wishes! Couldn’t happen to two nicer people!:biggrin:
Way to go.
Uh…for a lot of lies, both stories sound remarkably similar to me…
Wow, that’s just amazing. You guys are on a roll! Congrats!!
May I add my congrats to the many others Steph! I came over from Alison’s blog to add my well-wishes.
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I will be looking for you when you are published. I have a “thing” for military men! :LOL:
:bravo: Congratulations!!
Congratulations!!!:bravo:
Congrats. That’s an excellent story.
Ya’ll just rock!!!!! :smoke: Congrats again doll!
First I’m waaaaay behind with this but . . . CONGRATULATIONS!!! on your sale!!:bravo: And big big congrats on this fab news! You rock ladies!!
Oh wow, Steph! How wonderful!
Congratulations to you both.
Huge congrats!!!!
Amazing story!! Congratulations to you both!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you some more!! This has been an awesome few weeks!!
WAHOOO! Congrats!!