Andrew Joyce Visits Writer's Corner
My name is Andrew Joyce, and I write books for a living. Jencey has been kind enough to allow me a little space on her blog to promote my new book, MOLLY LEE . The story is a female-driven account of a young naive girl’s journey into an independent, strong woman and all the trouble she gets into along the way. Now you may possibly be asking yourself, What is a guy doing writing in a woman’s voice? And that’s a good question. I can only say that I did not start out to write about Molly; she just came to me one day and asked that I tell her story. Perhaps I should start at the beginning. My first book was a 164,000-word historical novel. And in the publishing world, anything over 80,000 words for a first-time author is heresy. Or so I was told time and time again when I approached an agent for representation. After two years of research and writing, and a year of trying to secure the services of an agent, I got angry. To be told that my efforts were meaningless was somewh...
