How Woman of Substance came about

In 2011, I participated in the Brenda Novak on-line auction for diabetes. Soul Mate Publishing www.soulmatepublishing.com donated a fifty page critique. When I read, ”Whether you enjoy traditional romance or are searching for stories that push the limits, you'll find what you're looking for. We are NOT the same old thing!” on the webpage, I hoped this would be the place for my manuscript.
My story didn’t quite meet the usual contemporary romance or the women’s fiction guidelines. I watched the bids carefully and won. Therefore diabetes and I were winners.
I submitted my first fifty pages and Ms. Gilbert replied with many helpful suggestions and encouraged me to revise the novel and resubmit because she “got” my story. I cried.
I revised, resubmitted and Ms. Gilbert offered a contract. Woman of Substance became available on 12/12/2012.
Many of the Soul Mate authors have published early in their writing careers. I have not. I worked at the craft and found support through writers groups, published short stories and soon, two novels. Woman of Substance is my second published novel.
My advice to writers is look for opportunities to submit your work, and if a charity wins as well as you. All the better.
Good night and thank you all for coming to the Goddess Fish Party Pavilion. Good night Judy and Marianne.

I can be found at: www.annettebower.com

Available on Soul Mate Publishing: http://www.soulmatepublishing.com/woman-of-substance/, Barnes & Noble, http://tinyurl.com/dyxjguk Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/cmcc5me and Kobo http://tinyurl.com/btuqcvo .

Why I wrote Woman of Substance

My stories are more relationship stories than true romance. I enjoy discovering what is under the persona that we present to the world whether it is a costume, affected, or learned response to situations. I write to discover more about people. I am interested in why people do what they do. I research, read and write to try and understand and then perhaps share the tiny bit of what I have learned with my reader through a well told story.
We have all met a man who we hope would grow to understand the importance of many things in a woman’s life and when we found him we hoped for a long term relationship. But this takes time. The relationships in Woman of Substance are built upon a foundation of friendship and shared experiences which can lead to a long term love.

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A blend of Women's Fiction and Romance

Woman of Substance by Annette Bower is a blend of women’s fiction and romance. Women’s fiction includes subjects and themes that range beyond romance. Woman of Substance is a contemporary story where Robbie is the star of the story and her growth and emotional development is foremost. However, Woman of Substance is a story that centers primarily on women and on society’s view of women’s bodies. This is a subject women can relate to in their real lives.
Professor Jake Proctor and his dying grandfather Frank are catalysts for her growth and in this book the hero, Jake Proctor, may be waiting for Robin at the end of her journey, if he can forgive her deception with love.

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Woman of Substance endorsement

R. Barri Flowers, Bestselling Author http://www.rbarriflowers.com says: Woman of Substance by Annette Bower is an intriguing romance that puts the spotlight on prejudices faced daily by people who are overweight in today's society. When slender graduate student Robbie Smith dons a fat suit to gauge reactions for her thesis, she ends up falling for a professor, Jake Proctor, who in turn is attracted to her in disguise, reminding him of his late grandmother. Will Robbie's deception cost her a chance at real love? Or will the point she was trying to make be enough to give her the happily thereafter of romance? The book reminds me a lot of recent television movies, "To Be Fat Like Me" and "The Pregnancy Project." Recommended for romance readers and anyone who wonders what it might be like to walk in someone else's shoes.

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Woman of Substance

Good morning and thank you for stopping in at the Goddess Fish Party Pavilion. Thank you Marianne and Judy for the invitation. I hope all of the visitors today find books they'd like to read and will have a few minutes to leave a comment.

Woman of Substance by Annette Bower and published by Soul Mate Publishing hit the virtual book shelves on 12/12/12. What can be better than that? Woman of Substance is a blend of the woman’s concern for body image, the mortality of a generation, and of course romantic love.
Robbie Smith deceived Jake Proctor for all the right reasons. She needs him to forgive her for love.


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Woman of Substance TBR Fall 2012 and Moving On

You have heard about Moving On: A Prairie Romance
Author: Annette Bower
Title: Moving On A Prairie Romance
Genre: Sweet Contemporary Romance
Publisher: XoXo Publishing ™
Pages: 118 pages
Cost of Book: $3.49
ISBN: 978-1-927027-82-0
Release date: Dec. 2011

RT Book Reviews September 2012: Page 82 and 90 Give it 3 stars: Enjoyable--Pleasant Read.

Buy links:

XoXo Publishers: http://tinyurl.com/d4xk8pw

Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/dyblrn6

ARE: http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-movingonaprairieromance-667850-149.html
Bookstrand: http://www.bookstrand.com/moving-on-a-prairie-romance


Woman of Substance

Robbie Smith tries walking a mile in another woman’s shoes to validate her master's degree research. Even though her professor doesn’t approve, Robbie disguises herself and moves in the world as a large woman, because the women in her research group declare, “You will never know what it’s like to be fat.”

All Jake Proctor wants to do is to spend as much time as he can with his dying grandfather Frank, the only father he's ever known.

While in and out of disguise, Robbie sees Frank and Jake. Robbie is drawn to the tall, dark, kind man in her neighborhood, but she can’t divulge the truth about her about her oversized self and jeopardize all the hard work she's put into her research. She has to see her thesis through to the bitter end. Even if it means deceiving the man she's grown to care about.

Soul Mate Publishing: ISBN: 978-1-61935-110-3
TBR: Fall 2012

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I am offering a copy of Moving On: A Prairie Romance to a comment about Moving On or Woman of Substance. I will contact the random winner and ask their preference: Kindle, XoXo Publishing e Pub or ARE format. Thank you for stopping by.