I learned afterwards that I was the very first author she picked up, since she was almost as new at the business as I was. I redrafted a few times then sent it off to Books & Such Literary Agency and the desk of Rachel Kent.Ībout a month later Rachel signed me up. The result was the first draft of Heartless, my debut novel, which was rather appalling in its rough-draft form but definitely showed some spark. There’s no therapy quite like writing-therapy, let me tell you! I started to write a novel as a means to work out some of the pain. The summer after I left college, I experienced a near-crippling bout of depression due to circumstances in my life. Not that it was a complete walk in the park. Because, really, it shouldn’t have happened so quickly and shouldn’t have been that easy!
Looking back on my “how I got published” story, I can only think its timing must have been God’s will. Wow! Please join me in welcoming Anne!ġ) Everyone seems to have a “how I got published” story. Her novel Starflower was awarded the 2013 Clive Staples Award, and her novels Heartless, Veiled Rose, and Dragonwitch have each been honored with a Christy Award. When she’s not writing, she enjoys Shakespeare, opera, and tea, and practices piano, painting, and pastry baking. Today we have award-winning fantasy author Anne Elisabeth Stengl with us! Anne makes her home in North Carolina, where she lives with her husband, Rohan, a kindle of kitties, and one long-suffering dog.
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