WORD

Finally, after 6 weeks at NYU for the Summer Publishing Institute and a 9-month stint back at home to work at Coca-Cola and save up money, I made it to New York—jobless, but hopeful. Three months of a dwindling bank account, countless resumes and cover letters sent, and few interviews made the despair set in. But one day, I was reading a blog for romance readers…and the owner had posted about a romance panel she would be moderating at WORD in Brooklyn that week—included on the panel, she mentioned, would be an Avon editor. I checked in with my shame-meter and confirmed that, no, I was not above stalking.