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The Call – I’m Not Crazy, I’m a Writer!
by Sherilee Gray
So the fabulous Jen here at The Blogger Girls, invited me to share a little about myself and my journey to that wondrous, and what often feels like the most seriously allusive thing in the world, the publishing contract!
My journey, like most, started with a love of reading. The first romance I ever read, given to me by my awesome, romance loving sister, was a hot little novella by Sherrilyn Kenyon. I loved it. I devoured it and went back for more. It only took that one story and I was completely hooked on romance.
But eventually, after years of dreaming up my own stories and characters, I knew I wanted more. I wanted to write my own stories. I finally decided to try it for myself. Let’s just say my first writing attempts were not great, and after entering a competition with my not so shiny new novel, I discovered I had a lot to learn about the craft of writing. So first I had to go back to basics, and I mean basics. It’s been a long road from that first crappy ms to writing something an actual publisher thought was good enough to publish. But in all that time I never gave up, I never stopped working towards my goal.
When I received an email from Kate Cuthbert at Escape Publishing, close to five years after my first fumbled writing attempts, to say she wanted my story, I burst into tears. I’m lucky enough to have a supportive family who for some crazy reason, had faith in me and believed I could achieve my dream. And I’m happy to say it paid off! My first novella, Lone Wolf’s Captive, released today, March 1st!
About Sherilee:
Sherilee Gray’s always had a big (some may say warped) imagination, and as a kid scared herself conjuring up tales full of terrifying creatures. All grown up, she still has the big imagination and monsters in her stories… only now they’re chasing their happily ever after. Based in beautiful New Zealand with her extremely supportive husband and their two children, she spends her time writing, hoarding books, and eating copious amounts of chocolate. Sherilee has work coming from both Escape and Entangled Publishing in 2014.
LONE WOLF’S CAPTIVE
He let her father chase him off once, but this time nothing is getting in his way.
Fletcher Stone was forced out of the pack life, and now he makes his living as a hired thug, living day-to-day without honour or commitments. Shame over his choices and his lifestyle keep him from returning to the pack to claim Delaney — the woman who holds his heart. But when a rival pack hires him to kidnap her, Fletcher takes his chance. Now he must convince her that he never wanted to leave…and reveal a betrayal that will break her heart.
Delaney Jones has spent the last five years convinced the man she loves is dead. Nothing else would keep him from her. So when Fletcher shows up, whole, healthy, and very much alive, she’s devastated — and pissed off. He broke her heart once and he’s never going to get close enough to do it again.
Lone Wolf’s Captive is available at Escape Publishing, Amazon, All Romance eBooks & Barnes and Noble
Check out JustJen’s review to see what she thought of Lone Wolf’s Captive!
The Blogger Girls 
Thanks for having me here today 😀
Happy Release Day!
Wow. I’m glad you never gave up. I just read it and I LOVED it. This was my first Romance Novel.