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Today I'm featuring Rebel Elite Lori J. Gordon. Let's turn everything over to Lori!
My first
attempt at writing Romantic Fiction was a 105,000 word Star Wars Fan Fiction piece. I grew up addicted to Star Wars, and have a collection of 120
books. And yes I have read them all—some more than once. You don’t even want to
know how many times I watched the movies. (HA) What can I say I was young.
Anyway
my best Friends son, who was studying editing, told me I really needed to write
a story using my own Characters, and The
Lost Night Trilogy was born.
After
years of trying to find an agent or editor to read past my query—with no luck—
I put
the project aside and attempted a Romantic Suspense. Of course all my friends,
relatives and neighbors loved Victims of
Circumstance, but alas the agents did not.
When I
found out my husband’s cousin was good friends with a famous Romance Author (So
good that she was mentioned in an acknowledgment) I was sure I would make it
now! I read every book I could get my hands on, and then asked Kim if she could
get her friend to help me. (Can I use the young excuse again?)
Actually,
she was kind enough to strongly suggest that I join the RWA and attend the
upcoming San Francisco Conference.
I did.
I was
feeling pretty good when I snagged an appointment with a Harlequin Editor. I
was devastated when she replied that my book was too dark and somewhat
offensive for her. (Ugghh )
Back to
the drawing board. I polished and revised, received another rejection, then
revised and polished again. After one more painful rejection in which the
Editor suggested I add something in, which I’d just taken out—on the suggestion
of someone else—I knew I had set it aside and start something new.
I joined
the SVRWA Chapter of the RWA and was amazed by the support and friendship I
found there. They inspired me to complete my second Suspense.
But I
just couldn’t let my first one go.
So I
started searching again—there just had to be a home for my baby.
I found
Rebel Ink Press mentioned in the RWR magazine and went to their website to get
the submission guidelines. When I hit the send button on my submission to Rebel
Ink Press I thought, it can’t hurt—much—to
try.
It was
six a.m. when I opened the e-mail offering me a contract. I’m not ashamed to
say I danced around my living room before
e-mailing everyone in my contact list. “I finally did it!”
In March
2012 Rebel Ink Press released Victim of
Circumstances in e-book.
Someone
once told me, ‘There are no rules in writing. You can do anything as long as
you do it well.’
Thanks
Rebel Ink Press for proving them write! (I couldn’t resist. Ha, ha…)
On the
private side, I married my husband 21 years ago last July. We are the parents
of a six month old Jack Russell puppy, and an eight year old orange cat. We
live in Northern California (Bay Area) where I work as a Retail Supervisor.
Obviously,
my hobbies are reading and writing. I read three to four books per week and my
favorite author is Nora Roberts / JD Robb. I own, and have read every book in
the In Death Series.
I also
enjoy the paranormal Genre and just finished my first attempt at a Paranormal
Romance (Sorry no Vampires. I am a Twilight fan, but it’s just not in me to
write about Vampires.)
Lori J Gordon
I hope
you will enjoy Victim of Circumstances.
Blurb
Kari Stewart has resigned herself
to the fact she’ll never find a man who can see beyond her troubled past. But
that was before a crank call, followed by a threatening note has her seeking
help from the New York Police Department.
Sparks fly when Kari meets
Detective Brandon Matthews.
A survivor of a messy divorce,
Brandon Matthews promised himself he’d never fall in love again. In order to
keep that promise he must ignore the instant attraction that has him vowing to
find the person threatening Kari Stewart.
When the couple narrowly escapes
death at the hands of Kari’s stalker, they learn just how precious life—and
love—really is.
Excerpt
Waving his gun in her face, Mike ordered
her to stand up and remove her clothes. He removed his boxer shorts and the
sight of him, buck naked, with a gun, made her laugh. Fear, mixed with
adrenaline kept her laughing.
“Go ahead. Laugh while you still can.”
Mike inched closer and stood directly over her. “I promise I’m going to hear
you scream before you die.”
“You’re pathetic. If you think I’m going
to let you rape me, you can think again…”
Mike moved the gun a few inches to the
right and shot a warning hole in the blanket beside her. “I promise the next
one will hit you. You won’t die, but
you’ll wish you did.” He moved in closer and yanked her head back by her hair.
“I am going to have you, with or without a bullet wound. Your choice. Now,” he
shouted. “Take off your clothes.”
Saying one last prayer, Kari used the
distraction of removing her shirt to get the gun out from under Brandon. With
it hidden up her sleeve, she paused. The asshole actually had an erection.
“You’re wrong Mike. Her eyes locked on his seconds before she pulled the
trigger.
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