Cinda MacKinnon
Cinda MacKinnon asked Julie Christine Johnson:

Julie! How did you get a publisher for your first novel? How did you get in our local library? I was browsing through the new books and came across one that looked familiar. I picked up In Another Life and remembered your name – what a pleasant surprise! It has been on my “to read list” for a while but I confess it is such a long list I had forgotten about it. Never mind I started it yesterday. :)

Julie Christine Johnson Hi Cinda! How wonderful to hear from you.

I found my agent and the publisher of IN ANOTHER LIFE on the same day- a bit of a faerie tale as far as authors are concerned. I pitched the novel to several agents and editors at a writers' conference, had requests for manuscripts from each and three weeks later, an offer of agent representation and an offer from my publisher came in the same day, about three hours apart.

The publisher for my second novel (THE CROWS OF BEARA, September 2017) came about through a process called "on submission". My agent sent the manuscript to several publishers and it found its home.

The library question is a bit more difficult to answer, but the short story is the library ordered it on their own volition. I received a very good review from the Library Journal and that is often how librarians make decisions about which books to order. Patron requests is another route. But it's all very much up to chance.

I'm so honored and thrilled that you are reading IN ANOTHER LIFE!

Warmest,

Julie

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