Early on, we started entering and winning contests and attracting the interest of editors and agents. I am fortunate to be represented by Pamela Ahearn of The Ahearn Agency. She is savvy, supportive, and her confidence in my stuff saves me lots of sleepless nights. Last year, Virginia and I were each thrilled to sell our first two novels within six months of each other-four novels in all. It's not that wide.
Good writing is good writing anywhere, any time.
We honestly admire each other's writing and make sure to read extensively in the other's field. I always loved the classic romances. Every year I reread a Jane Austen novel. Since I first read JANE EYRE at the age of eleven, it has never failed to move me deeply. And if I can ever write a gentle hero that my readers love as much as I love George Eliot's Adam Bede, I will die a happy woman.