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Posted by Kristen Painter (Member # 8377) on :

Hi - new here but had to join and post this in hopes Mr. Card might see this.

Mr. Card,

I doubt you remember me but I had the pleasure of listening to you speak and meeting you at an Air Force dining out you attended about a year ago at Langley Air Force base. My husband (Lt. Col. Rick Painter) and I spoke to you afterwards and my husband told you about how I had started to write. Well, I still do write. And that's why I'm writing now.

I believe you said something to me about "writers write, they don't just talk about writing" or something to that effect. And so I did. I wrote. And finished my first book a few months later. What a great feeling that was!

But what's even better is that book, Heart of Fire, (a fantasy romance) recently finaled in the Romance Writer's of America's Golden Heart contest - the biggest contest there is for unpublished romance writers. I'll know if I won or not in about two weeks, at the national conference but winning doesn't really matter - just finaling has been a great affirmation that what I'm doing makes sense to people.

Anyway, thanks for those early words of advice. They took me a long way and for that, I'm grateful.

Best wishes,
Kristen

PS. Ender's Game is fantastic. Looking forward to Magic Street!

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Congrats, Kristen! That's great. [Smile]

Welcome to Hatrack, and I hope to see your books in print soon.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Good luck and welcome!
[Wave]

Posted by Kristen Painter (Member # 8377) on :

Thank you Rivka and Tante!