How I Became Rich and Famous

First of all, oh my god, if you signed up for that 50 Books in a Year class, go put it on digest NOW, or you'll have 18,000 messages in your inbox. Geesh. Women talk too much. Even on email.

And now (doo doo doo DOO... that was a little trumpet fanfare, in case you couldn't tell), I have a REQUEST FOR BLOG CONTENT! Wooooohoooooo!

I have a blog content request, which you should feel free to reject if it's secret or if you've already posted about it just point me in the right direction or say "Kimmy shut up!" BUT

I was wondering if you could go kind of step-by-step how you decided to write romance novels, when you joined RWA and how you found out that was the thing you needed to do, what you had and hadn't written before you joined, your process in terms of proposals/queries/pitches and actually writing the book (how much do you write before you propose? All of it? Some? etc) and any other "Getting started" stuff you may know.

See? You're my Romance Novelist friend, and I am superimpressed that you got 2 requests for fulls.

I'm so vain and I love it when people ask me questions to which I know the answers, like, you know, stuff about why I'm so awesome. Hahahaha. Anyway, my point is, I'm glad to answer this, in excruciating, nauseating detail. Hooray!

Admittedly, some of this I've posted before, so just skip it if you don't want to read it.

Ok, confession time: When I first latched on to the idea of writing a romance novel, it was a bit of a Get Rich Quick scheme. It's not anymore. And "ha! ha ha!" to anyone who thinks writing any kind of book is a viable Get Rich Quick scheme. Anyway, the conversation went something like this:

Robbie: How can we get rich?
Sonja: I dunno honey. Buy Google stock.
Robbie: Yeah, I wish. We have no money. [later kicked himself for not coming up with the money because we would have been zillionaires by now if we'd bought Google stock]
Sonja: I know! I can write a book. Lots of crap gets published. Why shouldn't it be my crap?
Robbie: Sure. Whatcha gonna write?
Sonja: Hmm. Romance novels seem pretty formulaic. [Ha! Haha!] I mean, not that I've actually read one yet, but hey. Maybe I'll write one of those. And your mom just gave me a bunch of old ones from her basement to read, so I'm set on research.
Robbie: Cool. So when we gonna be rich?
Sonja: [doesn't answer... already planning on quitting job and sitting around all day in slippers and pink boa eating bon-bons while dictating the next great American romance novel to mousy assistant]

Tomorrow: Part 2

Last Year In The Life Of Sonja: Some Days Ya Gotta Dance

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