A Plain Yellow Pumpkin

THE FOREST FOR THE TREES is about writing, publishing and what makes writers tick. This blog is dedicated to the self loathing that afflicts most writers. A community of like-minded malcontents gather here. I post less frequently now, but hopefully with as much vitriol. Please join in! Gluttons for punishment can scroll through the archives.

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A Plain Yellow Pumpkin

Posted on February 4, 2009 by betsylerner

Sold my first book of the new year. There is no better moment in an agent’s life than when you make that call to a first time writer with the news: we have an offer. For just one brief spell, you are a fairy godmother. And in that one sentence, a writer becomes an author. Getting published for the first time is a bit like losing your virginity except it hurts more.I’m wondering how you deflowered authors out there feel.