From there, I sent my articles to other places that would let me cover anime and manga. I sent these articles to different anime magazines, and Anime Insider liked the work, so I began freelancing for them. I did whatever freelance article they sent me to report on, and I took these articles to a local artsy paper, where I did an article on something that really interested me: interviewing anime voice actors. When I was in high school, I took some of my writing to the local newspaper. So what happened? What was the break that you needed?ĭanica: I’m going to have to back up a little here. Something must have happened-because you have seventeen books contracted, eight of which are already out. We are so grateful you wrote to us and that you’re sharing your story with us. WOW: Congratulations on three more books to bring your total to seventeen! That’s amazing. “It was actually building that platform and writing as much as I could that sold my first book.” Just over three years ago, I was really wondering what I was doing and feeling like I was never going to make it in the book world, and that this dream of mine was just delusional. Three years ago, I never would have believed this could happen. Since I turned in that success story to WOW, I also signed a contract for three more books, bringing the total up to seventeen. When I hear people dejectedly say they’ve been submitting for a few months or got ten rejection letters, I want to tell them that’s normal and to hold on.
I kept submitting for about fifteen years, starting from middle school, before I made my first book sale. It was my dream to be a young writer, and everywhere agents and editors told me, “No.” Either they’d ignore me, or they’d essentially tell me I was a good writer but had no platform.
I was finishing novels when I was in middle school, and that’s when I started sending to agents. There was always this voice in me telling different stories, and I remember that voice from very early childhood.
When you wrote to us about your success story, you stated: “After years of rejection, Danica Davidson has signed contracts for fourteen books with three different publishers in the past two and a half years.” What were you trying to get published during those years of rejection and how many years was it?ĭanica: Thank you! I had a few different novels I was sending out over the years. WOW: Danica, thank you for taking time to tell us about your writing success! Let’s start from the beginning of your amazing story.
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