Friday, September 4, 2009

Coming Soon...The Golden Pathway by Donna M. McDine



My road to publication has been an exciting ride to say the least.

My award winning short story, "The Golden Pathway," placed 12th in the 77th Writer’s Digest Writing Competition in the category of Children’s/Young Adults. Within the same year (2008) I met publisher, Lynda Burch of Guardian Angel Publishing at the 2008 Muse Online Writers Conference and I took the next step in my writing career and submitted said entry for consideration to Guardian Angel Publishing. After editing rounds and much to my pure delight, Ms. Burch accepted The Golden Pathway.

K.C. Snider has certainly done a phenomenal job in illustrating the book cover! The talents of Ms. Snider brought my story to life. I can hardly wait for the story illustrations.

More on the synopsis and publication date to follow.

Thank you for your interest. I look forward to staying in touch.

23 comments:

  1. Hello Donna,
    Congratulations on getting "The Golden Pathway" published. It looks to be a very interesting story. I wish you all the best of luck!
    Renee Hand
    http://thecryptocapersseries.blogspot.com
    www.reneeahand.com

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  2. Donna,

    CONGRATULATIONS! It's amazing to see your story come to life! I wish you all the best with your upcoming book and future work!

    All the best,
    Lori
    www.loricalabrese.com

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  3. Great work Donna, Congratulations
    Kit

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  4. Thanks for sharing some of the background to your book.

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  5. What a great cover by K.C. and what a great accomplishment for you--your story soon to be published. Congrats!

    Cindy
    www.cynthiareeg.com

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  6. The cover is gorgeous, Donna. I'm so happy for you. Can't wait to read your story. Hugs and best wishes.

    Bev

    http://beverlystowemcclure.blogspot.com

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  7. I am so thrilled for you Donna! I hope you'll let me review it when it's ready.

    Congratulations!

    Cheryl

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  8. Congratulations from one Donna to another!

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  9. Renee, Lori, Kit, TerryLynn, Bev, Cheryl, and Donna S.:

    Thank you very much for your lovely congratulatory notes. I truly appreciate your interest and support of my writing career.

    Best wishes to you all,
    Donna

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  10. I am so excited for you! A huge round of applause is going out to you from me. Hugs and hugs. This is only the beginning for you and I know your feet have not touched the ground yet. Congratulations.
    Carma
    http//carmaswindow.blogspot.com
    http://thelordwillin.blogspot.com

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  11. Love it.... Love it.... Love it....
    K.C. and you make a great team...

    Dixie

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  12. Congrats on the upcoming release of your book, Donna!

    This must be so exciting for you. When the book comes out, let me know and I'll help with promotion! :-)

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  13. Carma, Dixie, and Mayra...thank you very much for your heartwarming words! I truly support your continuous support of my writing career.

    Best wishes,
    Donna

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  14. Donna,
    I'm in the hurry up & wait mode for the story illus., too. The anticipation is killing me. How about you? It looks like it'll be worth the wait.
    Blessings,
    J. Aday Kennedy
    The Differently-Abled Children's Author
    www.jadaykennedy.com
    http://jadaykennedy.blogspot.com/
    http://twitter.com/jessica_k
    http://klutzykantor.blogspot.com/

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  15. Donna,

    Congratulation on your book. I bet you are so excited about it.

    The book looks interesting and I can't wait to find out more about the content.

    Peg Finley
    http://pwg366.wordpress.com
    http://twitter.com/peg366

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  16. Jessica and Peg:

    Thank you very much for your lovely congratulatory notes. I truly appreciate your support.

    Jessica: Yes the anticipation is driving me nuts, trying to stay busy with other projects. Looking forward to reading your completed book!

    Best wishes,
    Donna

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  17. Wow, Donna, congratulations. I can't wait to read it and I will review and post when ever I can about you and your writing. You must be so excited.

    Blessings and Best wishes.
    Terri

    http://terri-forehand.blogspot.com
    http://heartfeltwords4kids.blogspot.com

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  18. Donna, Congratulations!!!

    The cover looks great. You must be thrilled!

    Karen Cioffi
    http://karenandrobyn.blogspot.com

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  19. Terri and Karen...thank you for your lovely notes of congratulations. I truly appreciate it.

    Best wishes,
    Donna

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  20. Placing 12th in such a competition is terrific!
    Good going!

    Morgan Mandel
    http://morganmandel.blogspot.com

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  21. Morgan:

    Thank you for checking out my blog and announcement of my forthcoming book. I appreciate your interest.

    Regards,
    Donna

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  22. I'm very excited for you, Donna. Very good news. Congratulations! I'm looking forward to reading your book. Keep writing! - Joany

    http://redwagonflights.blogspot.com/

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  23. Joany: Thanks for your lovely note. I appreciate it very much.

    Best wishes,
    Donna

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Thank for you taking the time out to visit with me and to learn about my historical fiction children's book, The Golden Pathway.

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