{"id":7466,"date":"2016-08-28T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T06:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=7466"},"modified":"2020-12-30T15:44:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T15:44:54","slug":"international-authordom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=7466","title":{"rendered":"International Authordom"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Authordom
Authordom could describe authors, agents and editors from all over the world discussing the state of publishing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ok \u2013authordom isn\u2019t a real word, but bear with me. I think it should be.<\/p>\n

According to the Oxford dictionary, dom is a suffix which denotes a state or condition (freedom); rank or status (earldom); a domain (kingdom) or a class of people (officialdom).<\/p>\n

That\u2019s us \u2013 isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

As for the international bit\u2026 Give me a moment to peer through the fog of jet lag in my brain, and explain\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve just returned from the Romance Writers of Australia conference in Adelaide. It was a great weekend and I had a fabulous time. Once of the best bits was having readers come up to me and say they had read my books and loved them. I write in the UK (although the books are set in Australia). My publisher is in the UK, but the books are sent all over the world, and I seem to have found an Australian readership. Which is just lovely \u2013 and thank you all for your kind comments.<\/p>\n

Not only that, I noted that many of the speakers, agents and editors at the Adelaide conference were from the US \u2013 over there looking to get in touch with Australian reader and writers too. They were looking for Australian writers and books that would appeal to their US audience.<\/p>\n

Then I flew home (27 hours of hell in airports and on planes) \u2026 to find the my book The Wild One is a finalist in not one, but TWO US RWA chapter awards \u2013 the Book Buyers Best sponsored by the Orange Country RWA Chapter and the Aspen Gold run by the Heart of Denver RWA chapter. (The second one is really special, as Flight to Coorah Creek won that award last year.)<\/p>\n

The award shortlists feature not just US writers\u2026 but in my case, an Australian writer living in England writing books about Australia for a UK publisher.<\/p>\n

Can you get any more international?<\/p>\n

\"Feeling
Feeling pretty proud of this – two US award shortlists at the same time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Assuming all this is not just a jet lag induced hallucination, my point is this\u2026 books unite people around the world. Authors write for readers wherever they might be. And the technology of today\u2019s world makes our books available everywhere \u2013 to everyone.<\/p>\n

I am therefore officially adding the word authordom to my vocabulary. And I might even send an email to the Oxford Dictionary asking them to do it too.<\/p>\n

\"This
This would look so lovely sitting on my desk. Fingers crossed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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STOP PRESS: I just found out I have also been shortlisted by the Ancient City Romance\u00a0Authors (Florida RWA chapter) for their Heart of Excellence Award. I have to say I am totally blown away by this reception for The Wild One… Of course, I think its probably all about the hero Dan, who I remain just a little bit in love with despite the fact that I have moved on to a new book with a new hero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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