August | 2011 | Claire Gillian

Great week for me so far!

I announced on Monday that my novel, The PURE, has been picked up by J Taylor Publishing for an April 2012 release!!! (see prior blog post for more details)

Last night, I submitted my superhero novella to Samhain Publishing.

I stumbled across a YA pitch contest open to the first 50 commenters on the blog so I figured, what the hell, and posted a one sentence blurb crafted in two minutes and my first 250 words. Low expectations on that one but you never know.

The steampunk story publisher A (from whom I withdrew my story) emailed back and said it was a good story and they wished me well to find a new home for it. I hope so. Publisher B has had it a few days. Cross your fingers I made the right choice to pull it and try to place it elsewhere.

So, I’ve updated my goals and added two new ones: Edit The PURE per my publisher’s guidelines AND write a Christmas short story for possible submission to Evernight.

Tonight, I think I’ll do NO writing or editing AT ALL! Just watch television and read. I think I deserve a short break if only for one night.

My cumulative statistics are on my ROW80-3 page.

The Linky site lists other participants’ progress reports. Give them some encouragement too.

J. Taylor Publishing
1500 Town Side Drive
Suite 104
Apex, NC 27502

Attention: J. Taylor, Marketing
(919) 249-7318, marketing@jtaylorpublishing.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Debut novelist, Claire Gillian, set to debut The P.U.R.E. in April 2012

Claire Gillian has signed a publishing contract with J. Taylor Publishing for her debut novel The P.U.R.E, set in Dallas, Texas — a humorous, romantic suspense novel, featuring main characters Gayle Lindley and Jon Cripps.

Apex, NC – August 22, 2011 – Claire Gillian is a number-crunching executive by profession, an after hours writer by passion, and a darkly romantic curmudgeon. Published in short stories and anthologies, The P.U.R.E marks Claire’s official, and debut, transition to the publication of her work in novel form. While Claire’s writing spans all ages and subject matters, she’s happiest penning romance drenched in humor with a dash of intrigue.

The P.U.R.E., written for the adult romance reader, takes Claire’s humor, her knowledge of Corporate America and the illustrious accounting profession and mixes them into a humorous, contemporary, romantic suspense novel set in Dallas, Texas.

“Claire has a witty, comedic-infused style that keeps her characters real and allows a reader to connect with them. That her characters work in a profession that is counter-intuitive to humor (they are both CPAs) only adds to the irony and fun that Claire brings to her story,” says J. Taylor Publishing. “She’s taken corporate America and number crunching, as she calls it, and turned them both upside down, shaken out the pennies and dimes from the pockets and righted them again with a wonderful happily ever after.”

The P.U.R.E. will release in paperback and ebook simultaneously and will be available through bookstores and online print and ebook retailers on or about April 16, 2012. “What better day to release a romance feature two witty CPAs, than the day after tax day,” says J. Taylor Publishing.

Claire Gillian lives in the boggy Pacific NW with her husband and two teen-aged sons. For more information about the author, please visit her website: www.clairegillian.com.

About the Publisher

J. Taylor Publishing is an Independent Publisher who, thanks to the Internet, has a worldwide reach. Our debut authors are in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The company produces print and electronic books. For more information about J. Taylor Publishing, please visit www.jtaylorpublishing.com.