Beth Dolgner, Writer and Editor

On June 26, 2009, I celebrated the launch of my first book, “Georgia Spirits and Specters.” In the one year since that time, my second book, “Everyday Voodoo,” debuted, I revised my paranormal romance manuscript, and I got signed to a literary agent.

Homemade cookies at the "Georgia Spirits and Specters" party.

It seems like a lot to happen in just one year, but there has been a lot of patience involved in all of it. Writing takes a great deal of patience and humility: patience as you wait for your book to debut, or wait to hear back from a potential agent. As for humility, well, you hear “no” a lot more often than you hear “yes.”

Thankfully, it only takes one “yes” to really get things rolling. When Dinah, my editor at Schiffer Publishing, said “yes” to me writing “Georgia Spirits and Specters,” it led to me authoring “Everyday Voodoo.” Having two books already published helped me get an agent at a well-established agency. Now, hopefully, that will lead to my fiction manuscript being sold to a publisher.

My year in publishing has been especially busy when you tally the number of book signings and radio interviews I’ve been fortunate enough to do. I’m glad all those Georgia ghosts got things rolling for me.

Georgia Spirits and Specters has debuted! If you’re not in Georgia (where it’s easy to pick one up from me or the bookstore), you can buy it right from my publisher: Schiffer Books. I’m very excited that my book is finally out! (As if you couldn’t tell.)

Also, Carroll County’s newspaper, The Times-Georgian, did a nice article about me and the two ghost stories from their county. You can read it here: New book on the supernatural. A username/password is required but it’s easy to sign up.