Publishing houses have been trying to find new talent among self-published writers; authors who launched their books with only ambition and will power.

Anna Garcia climbed every step of the ladder (blog, self-publishing) before her books were picked up by HarperCollins.  “Happy endings,” she says, “stories that leave you with a silly smile on your lips and a warmth in your heart, is just what we all need.”

TL:  They say your carreer started with a blog.  Is that true?

AG: Totally true.  I wrote about everything that went through my head on paper and notebooks that I had laying around the house until my husband got tired of finding them everywhere and set up a blog for me.  I don’t know why, because I wrote only for myself, but other people started reading it and word spread.  Suddently, I started receiving messages from women all around the world telling me how much they enjoyed my writing.

TL: Blogs are to the literary world as garages are to Information Technology.  Without that very first and rocky step would you have been able to publish?

AG: I don’t think so.  When I started it was only for myself.  But then one of my readers (who later became a friend) encouraged me.  I had no idea one could self-publish and my friend was the one who did the layout of my first book and handed everything to me on a silver platter, ready for publication.  So I can say for sure, that if not for that blog, I would have never met the person who urged me to publish.

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