Sarita Leone's Road to Publication




Sarita, now that we've heard a little bit about Christmas in Wylderwhich sounds amazing, by the waydo you mind filling us in on your early writing career? I'm wildly curious about it and I'm sure other readers are, too. 

How did you get started writing? What was your journey to publication?

I began writing as soon as I could hold a crayon. My first books were mostly wobbly drawings of purple kittens on adventures with big, smiling suns following them from page to page.

When I progressed from crayons to actual words written in fat-leaded pencil, I was tickled. I thought I’d made it—a real, live writer, one who used words instead of illustrations to tell stories. Did it get any better than that? I was certain that it did not.

We all know it does power up a bit when you move from three-letter words to more complex, multi-syllabled expressions. I have written just about every day of my life since those purple crayon days and my love affair with the written word is still going strong.

I’ve always wanted to be a writer. It’s been a lifelong dream—and I’m super fortunate to see that some dreams really do come true.

The first time I saw one of my books on a shelf in a Barnes and Noble in New York I just about fell over. Not kidding on that—my husband wrapped his arms around me to keep me on my feet. An amazing moment in my life. Thinking about it still makes me smile!

 

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