Salvaging Your Rejected Romance : From rejection to revision to sale Forget following the guidelines, nailing the word count, and mirroring the tone of the line. If an editor doesn’t see a slot for your book within the line you’ve targeted, it doesn’t mean your story isn’t worth hearing. Join two multi-published authors in examining why your story didn’t fit, how to make it work in another form, and where it may eventually find a home. Presented by Jenna Bayley-Burke (Harlequin, Samhain, Black Lyon) & Heather Hiestand (Ceridwen Press, Ellora's Cave).

At our meeting. Jenna is going to give us lots of useful information about why manuscipts are rejected, identifying different lines to target, and revamping your story to fit somewhere else. Then I'm going to run a workshop portion. If you are a category writer, please email me the first two (2) pages (double spaced, manuscript format) of your rejected manuscript plus a blurb/back cover copy/query letter/whatever that has a brief description of your story so we can brainstorm a new life for your manuscript. Don't be shy! Jenna and I have manuscripts piled up in the closet too! You don't want us to have to share them, right?