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Elizabeth Alan to make Bakersfield appearance for Morning Coffee novel
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Posted by thenovelist Tue Nov 30, 1999 00:00:00 PST
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Chester Blum and Karen Luethke both live on opposite coasts and have the same creative knack for not just talking about writing, they actually create. And in unison. Both will be appearing at Bakersfield’s Barnes and Noble today (Friday, May 12th,) at 7pm to promote their book, Morning Coffee.

Morning Coffee is romantic fiction, “a story about wanting to find someone to share the little things with” Karen said in a phone interview. “It’s a full-bodied romantic novel.”

I asked how long it took to write their dual-author novel. They met online and started with short stories. Around February, 2005 they had the beginning of a book with about 25-30 pages in a story about first love and not letting go. They finished in late July. That’s quick work.

“But why go with Authorhouse?” I asked Karen, a Central Valley writer from Clovis. Chester lives in New York. She indicated it was just plain rejection. That’s something we authors all face. The protocol is you send your work off to a bazillion potential publishers, then sit and wait while editors toil over your work, lose pages, spill coffee and use your novel for their bird cage floor. I’ve been in debates with Central Valley writer/editor Cindy Wathen who tells me that’s just not true, that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have a track record, or if you’re a first time author without an agent. If you think your work is good enough, then get it out there. Publishers will publish you if your work is good and if you have a handle on the idea of marketing.

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