As Julie was knee-high to a Grasshopper (an expression that she want it known was never used in real life) she informed her parents that she wanted a writer, and Kitty went on, a claw, to write a bestselling book about a cat as Santa Claus. (The book sold out the entire Edition one, so not split hairs over the "best-selling" thing can, okay?)
After that stellar start, Julie splash in literary art, writing short stories on yellow pads that she, her mother forced to give, continues to scribble poems on lined notebook paper, the to give them her mother forced, skits and songs, which her mother forced to see and hear you and dive headlong into high school journalism, at which point, a break mother finally.
In the school, put it as a major with the journalism thing, picking, and work at the Daily Texan, the student newspaper for the University of Texas. The idea was that you could write actually novels and, Oh, also buy food all over her.
The journalism thing cranked along well about one semester long. Then a job as a production assistant's Julie booth at a movie that but originally appeared the future as splatter, killing (and still can be found in blockbuster and Netflix) with really big Giger poster art. Julie completed tail, appeared as an extra and had a great time, promptly switched her major film.
Conclusion at the ripe age of 19, Julie chickened out and to Los Angeles for the next Steven Spielberg didn't budge. Instead, she remained in Austin and as a media Assistant worked, she decided that law was perhaps the better way to go, because hey, a degree in film so seamlessly into law is deteriorating. (Or, more likely, College was inevitable and the LSAT seemed feasible.) Any time, Julie took the LSAT in December, and was following February Baylor Law School on a full scholarship. Law School and Julie came big, and after graduating, Julie Fifth Circuit Court of appeals, where she had a fabulous time, preparation of legal opinions, the preparation of the judge was court and the regular trips as a law clerk on the to New Orleans on a Government per day. During her two years as an employee of the write error bit again and Julie wrote a play that never, never will see the light of the world. Really. So don't ask.
After her Clerkship decided Julie could go to move to the big city, and they took a job with Skadden, Arps in L.A., where she worked on a variety of cases with some very smart lawyers. She moved to a year on smaller firms (and EXEC, justify those credit hours in the school had a short stint as a production in a small film company). She worked with very smart lawyers, of which Julie to Julie Garwood (their books, not the woman herself), and the writing bug bit again introduced.
Although Julie had been writing in her limited spare time dabbling, she had lacked focus. Well, she'd discovered it has and she was determined to write a historical romance. You can read Julie's book list, note that there is no historical novels. Let's just say that they not this task successfully. Julie discovered, however, while she has a head for contemporary nuances, the ins and-outs of historical detail enough that are around her head explode.
She laid the historical editing quickly shelved and Julie turned their attention to achieve a modern romance, romance was the way to go, since the requirements of a legal order, it would be to end much more 240 400 manuscript pages, decided.
How you end it, and although she got nice feedback on the voice, the novel does not sell. Returns an editor, Harlequin's Brenda Chin, a rejection letter with a note that the hook enough of "sexy space."
Always up for a challenge, Julie came with the opening line, "You need a man," she thought potential had oodles of sexy premise. She had to find a story line. Finally, she did, and nobody does it better, Julie's first novel, was born. They entered contests, temptation, the first few chapters and purchase was ultimately directed by the same Brenda Chin, who landed the manuscript. (This is not the reason Julie thinks Brenda a great person. Really.)
Until then, Julie had identified 400 pages were finally manageable, and she had a paranormal romance along the lines of The Little Mermaid on a cat, which is almost complete in love with her master. The cat fancy sold only a few months after the original sale. Both books came out in the year 2000 together with a second temptation and Julie has at least 3 books, which annually has all there, and now the shelves far beyond twenty books to her credit, cross over a wide variety of genres, most of them in any way by the clever images in the collage are shown above on this page.
Praised by Publishers Weekly as a writer with "Flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations", have hit list Julie's books as diverse as the United States today, Waldenbooks, Barnes & noble, and all of it has made Locus magazine, Julie is a happy camper. Julie is also a two-time RITA Finalist, both times for books about strong women (a superhero and a Demon Hunter). There is probably some depth there is, and if you know what it is, please feel free to delete a row and Julie.
Julie was also the winner of the romantic times reviewer choice award for the best contemporary paranormal in 2001, the winner of reviews international organization Award for best romantic tension of 2004 and 2005 the best paranormal and the winner of the national readers' choice award for best mainstream book of the year 2005. Not that she keeps track or something.
Julie writes a series of stories that illuminated quirky romances, sexy contemporary young adult novels, mystery, paranormal Mommy and (soon!) dark urban fantasy.
Their first foray into the urban fantasy Mommy lit genre--CARPE demon: Adventures of a demon hunting soccer MOM-proved particularly successful, what pick to a BookSense, a target breakout book, other awards and honors, and a movie deal. Carpe demon, is in development as a feature film with 1492 pictures and Warner Brothers. Julie pound often on their battered wooden desk (Salvation Army, $25, gotta love it), to the project of the development to the screen strongly. (In Hollywood these things are never sure the film and food until you popcorn.)
Julie and her husband moved from Los Angeles back to Texas in 1995, and Julie quit to write lawyer full-time in 2004. Now, she lives and writes in Central Texas with her husband, two daughters and several cats. She is an active advocate of love without limits. Click here to learn more about the charities, the Julie supports.
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