I was asked to do an article outlining my experiences good and bad- to share with others in hopes that you can avoid making the same mistakes I've made. Here is my story.

After years of rejection, my book Tempered Hearts (#1 in a series) was accepted for publication with Writer's Exchange Epublishing Co. I was thrilled! Though this was Sandy's maiden effort in publishing books, she had a wonderful reputation in producing Writer's Exchange Ezine a publication offering info and advice to writers- and was truly a blessing to work with. Since she wasn't set up to offer POD (print on demand) at the time, I invested in printed copies of my book and quickly signed Tempered Dreams (book 2) with her, which was released June 2001. Though the print copies were offered through WEE's website as well as mine, I took it a step further and got set up to distribute them through Amazon.com, American Wholesale Book Co. and the Books-A-Million stores. I set up author events, book signings, speaking engagements, the whole works.

Together, Sandy and I worked to make my dreams of being a published author flourish and we did very well, selling over 400 books the first year!

In Dec. 2001 I began chatting with an up and coming' new publisher. The woman had unique and wonderful marketing ideas for her authors so I asked to be released from WEE and signed with Triple Exposure Publishing, Inc. (aka: TE Publishing, Inc.) in May of 2002. In a mutual agreement the publisher acquired my existing copies of Tempered Hearts and Tempered Dreams and proceeded to sell and give away nearly 500 books. In November, 2003, my contract became null & void leaving me with less than when I signed with this company.

What happened?

I have no idea. Maybe her dreams were bigger than her abilities, perhaps she listened to too many wrong people and made unwise decisions. Who knows? I could speculate all day and never know the whole story.

But I DO know this muchAll things work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to HIS purpose. I know that He will make my crooked paths straight and give me wisdom and direction in future decisions concerning my career.

Now, trust me when I say that I don't pay attention to rumors and gossip and I don't believe in trashing people's reputation. HOWEVER, I do believe in being informed and being warned.

I have remained in contact with this person and if she's half the woman I believe she is that I KNOW in

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