{"id":89,"date":"2012-04-14T01:36:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T01:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/do-you-remember-the-first-book-you-ever-wrote.html"},"modified":"2012-04-14T01:36:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-14T01:36:00","slug":"do-you-remember-first-book-you-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/do-you-remember-first-book-you-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Remember The First Book You Ever Wrote?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy of Suat Eman<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you remember the first book you ever WROTE?<\/b> <\/p>\n

I recall back when I was still in my twenties and I discovered I wanted to be a writer. So, I began penning a romance novel entitled Cavanaugh<\/u>. Don’t laugh – I named my heroine Cavanaugh. I saw it in a name book at the library. Cavanaugh was a pampered college student. Her mother died when she was a child and she was raised by her father – a wealthy man who owned a successful travel agency (I got this idea since I was working at a travel agency as an accountant at the time). Cavanaugh wanted to be independent and make a name for herself. Her father offered to hire her to work in his travel agency during her summer off from college. <\/p>\n

Coincidentally, her father has also hired Evan Sanders to work as an accountant in his travel agency. Evan is a sad, hardened young man because his girlfriend (I think it was his girlfriend, it may have been his wife – I wrote this thing several years ago and it’s kinda hard for me to recall) had died and he was grieving. <\/p>\n

As you can guess, Evan and Cavanaugh were attracted to one another. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Cavanaugh’s father was dating a beautiful woman, Nia, a former model. She was jealous about the attention that Cavanaugh’s father lavished on his daughter. She hated seeing Cavanugh with Evan. Also, Evan had a provocative, shapely, ex-girlfriend (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH HIS DECEASED WIFE\/GIRLFRIEND) who was trying to win him back. Her actions wreaked havoc on Evan’s and Cavanaugh’s relationship.<\/p>\n

Cavanugh went on a cruise by herself to decide if her and Evan were meant to be together. When she returned, they kissed, and decided that they could work out their differences…<\/p>\n

BLAH! <\/p>\n

When I think about this manuscript, I shudder. It’s currently sitting under the stairs, in my basement, gathering piles and piles of dust. I cringe when I read those words. At the time, I even had the audacity to hand the manuscript over to friends and family who kindly gave me lofty reviews….<\/p>\n

So, tell me about the first manuscript you ever wrote. What was it about? How long ago did you write it? <\/b><\/p>\n

I wrote Cavanaugh about seventeen years ago. I feel that writing is a craft that can always be improved. Cavanaugh certainly needed LOTS OF IMPROVEMENT.<\/p>\n

~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/b><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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