L.S. HAYDEN TO BE PUBLISHED

"Reflections of Life" is a collection of devotionals, poems, plays and short stories by several women. Londa has contributed to this project, which is due for release early 2009  by Echos Media Publications. Stayed tuned for more details to be announced later on.

L. S. Hayden is a new author on the scene and has been working diligently towards obtaining her goals to be published. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers, the Spirit Lead Writer's Group out of Nashville and the Memphis Writer's Group. She also particpates in an online critique group and an online children's picturebook Yahoo list serve.  Londa continues to work on tweaking current manuscripts of several picturebooks.  She has three YA (Young Adult) novels in the works as well. 

"Writer's put so much time and effort into their work.  I have spent nearly three years now working on this current novel. I am just now at the point of starting the submissions process," says Londa.

Most people do not realize it takes two to three years even after acceptance for a picturebook to actually be published and on the shelves.  Even for a picturebook that has a 1000 words or less - there is a lot of work that goes into developing the plot and rewriting until you feel it is even close to submitting. Once it is accepted, the editor will no doubt want to make changes and it will be rewritten and tweaked further.  Londa hopes to have a picturebook accepted this year.