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Accountability is the word for the day.

Her Husband’s Mistress is my as-yet unwritten Golden Heart entry. I did have a manuscript in mind for the contest and then realized that it was written in my old mindset–by completing this manuscript I will finally shove aside the last vestiges of the bad habits and patterns I’ve acquired over the last five years or so, and take my writing career 100% seriously. This is no longer a side hobby, or something that looks fun to do or to dream about. Real life is kicking my ass and I realize that if I want to achieve the things I desire, it will take work and a genuine effort. Things that formerly fell into my lap will no longer do so and it is immature to believe that is how life operates. I am also not ashamed to refer to my WIP as a “Golden Heart Award-winning manuscript”–why not view the book in that light?

The basic details are thus: it’s a Cinderella+Ugly Duckling story, with a bit of revenge, a lot of golf and fashion, and is partially set in Newport, Rhode Island.

Hero: John Sheridan, known as “Sherry” (Robert Montgomery is my inspiration)

Heroine: Estelle Warriner (Kay Francis)