Turning Point

It’s Hollywood. Actresses hate getting passed over for roles and cold shoulders are common. Petty sniping is part of the fabric of the place, but it takes two to fight. Actress Cassidy Hyland is throwing a birthday party for her son which she hopes will spark a truce with her cold co-star Brenna Lanigan. Instead the encounter becomes the first step of a journey neither woman ever imagined her heart could take: to love another woman.

Turning Point explores the struggle of these women caught between what is safe and sure, and what the heart truly wants even if it doesn’t understand.

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First published in 2007, by PD Publishing Inc., the paperback edition of Turning Point is now out of print. TinyCat shows that the first edition of Turning Point is available through Out on the Shelf in some public libraries. Here’s a snapshot of the original cover:

Awards:

2007 Winner Lesbian Fiction Reader’s Choice Awards: Favorite Lesbian Romance Book
2008 Golden Crown Literary Society Finalist for Lesbian Debut Author

Second edition:

When PD Publishing closed up shop, I took the opportunity to revise the story in a few places and went looking for another publisher. I signed a contract with Supposed Crimes LLC in 2013 both Turning Point and Turn for Home were published as second editions.

The story behind the story:

Turning Point started out as fanfic-adjacent, in that nebulous environment called real-person fic (RPF). I was inspired by some behind-the-scenes animosity on a television series and wondered “what if…” (the kernel for so many stories). What if the animosity was about unfamiliar attraction.

As a late-blooming bisexual myself, on more than one occasion, I completely misunderstood my attraction to someone as a fondness born of circumstance. What if animosity (some say hate is just the other side of the coin from love) is there because one of them doesn’t know what to make of their emotions? That “professional fear” came about because of something personally screwed up in their head–and heart?

So, scene by scene, I wrote this crazy story. 134,000 words (first draft) in 25 weeks. I had a few brave souls reading along and toward the end, they were suggesting I should publish. I knew I absolutely had to change stuff to make the characters less recognizable. So, I worked on that for several years, and finally figured it was ready.

Four publishers I queried sent back rejections. The fifth, PD Publishing, said yes. Barb and Linda were wonderful shepherds at the start of my writing career. I learned a lot from my editors as well as about cover design and layout. And then I wrote the sequel, Turn for Home.