How many of you regularly watch the tennis tournaments?
The US Open presented an incredible match that lasted more than four hours. Federer almost won but his opponent Argentinean Juan Martin Del Potro managed to come back and win the unbeatable Federer. The women’s final followed a similar path as Kim Clijsters defeated the famous Serena Williams.
Today I found myself establishing a parallel between tennis and writing.
I compared Federer and Serena Williams to the New York Bestselling authors, well-established, basking in fame for years and unbeatable.
And yet, there are a lot of Del Potro and Kim Clijsters in Romance Writing. New authors with charming voices and fabulous imagination. With perseverance and hard work, they CAN reach the unreachable goal, they can be the new champions, the new bestselling authors.
Remember that the biggest champions and the most famous authors were once beginners too.
My husband doesn’t take his eyes off the TV for the two weeks of each of the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US open. I glance from time to the TV screen to cheer a good point.
At the Wimbledon, we cheered Roger Federer, my all–time favorite tennis player. The papers describe him as the most elegant champion and a true gentleman. With his sixth Wimbledon win, he became tennis's greatest men's champion, watched by a legion of champions. He also set a record with his 15th Grand Slam title, overhauling the total of Pete Sampras who was in the Royal Box along with fellow legends Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver.
Was Federer really unbeatable?
At the Wimbledon, we cheered Roger Federer, my all–time favorite tennis player. The papers describe him as the most elegant champion and a true gentleman. With his sixth Wimbledon win, he became tennis's greatest men's champion, watched by a legion of champions. He also set a record with his 15th Grand Slam title, overhauling the total of Pete Sampras who was in the Royal Box along with fellow legends Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver.
Was Federer really unbeatable?
The US Open presented an incredible match that lasted more than four hours. Federer almost won but his opponent Argentinean Juan Martin Del Potro managed to come back and win the unbeatable Federer. The women’s final followed a similar path as Kim Clijsters defeated the famous Serena Williams.
Today I found myself establishing a parallel between tennis and writing.
I compared Federer and Serena Williams to the New York Bestselling authors, well-established, basking in fame for years and unbeatable.
And yet, there are a lot of Del Potro and Kim Clijsters in Romance Writing. New authors with charming voices and fabulous imagination. With perseverance and hard work, they CAN reach the unreachable goal, they can be the new champions, the new bestselling authors.
Remember that the biggest champions and the most famous authors were once beginners too.
Dream your dream 
Set your goal
Work hard
Listen to your coach
Go for it
Develop a tough skin
PERSEVERE
You are almost there. One more hit is all it takes sometimes.
Set your goal
Work hard
Listen to your coach
Go for it
Develop a tough skin
PERSEVERE
You are almost there. One more hit is all it takes sometimes.
The Magic Knot by Helen Scott-Taylor, my critique partner, was voted among the ten best books of the year.
Through the Fire by Beth Trissel was a finalist in the Golden Heart.
Babies in the Bargain, by Mona Risk (yours truly) was voted Best Book of the Week by The Long and Short Reviews
If you like to travel and love to read, come and enjoy my international romances. I will take you around the world through stories that simmer with emotion and sizzle with heat.
