Meet Alice....
The first story you sell is the one you never forget. Mine was to David C. Cook for a take-home Sunday School paper called Sprint. The year was 1988, this was my first submission to a paying market, and the check sent to me was for $125.00.
Since then, I've sold articles and devotions to the
Upper Room, Alive Now, Standard Publishing, ByLine magazine
and others. I've also written for free because after Daniel
died in 1997, my desire was to get my tributes to him
out there regardless of whether I was paid or not.
I've also been rejected more times than I care to count.
It is one thing to be turned down when your article is on the
best soil to grow petunias in, quite another when the typed
manuscript holds the anguish over the loss of your
four-year-old.
In Daniel's memory and the memories of many children,
two cookbooks were compiled.
Slices of Sunlight and Down the Cereal Aisle are
filled with recipes of those we can no longer
hold. There are some tasty recipes in there.
RAIN SONG
In 2006, I polished my novel and sent it to an agent in Virginia.
This novel had more face lifts than any celebrity and
if this agent couldn't sell it, I was packing my bags for a place
where there were no computers and no tugging at my
heartstrings to write.
Kristin Lindstrom called to say she would represent me, and that
was totally amazing that I had an agent, at last. She sent my novel
to a dozen publishers in November.
January 5, the day before my birthday, Kristin
called to say that Bethany House was interested.
Rain Song is now available in bookstores and online
at all your favorite places like Amazon.
Since I signed a two-book deal with Bethany House,
the next book, How Sweet It Is, also made her debut
April 2009.
Contact Alice for your next event:
info@alicewisler.com
Copyright 2008
Daniel's House Publications
All rights reserved.
Daniel's Weeping Willow tree,
planted in 1997.
Daniel, age 3
For Mother's Day, my children gave me a book cover for my wall.
Facts about Alice
* Born in Osaka, Japan and lived in Japan for 18 years
* Went to Kyoto International School and Canadian Academy
* Majored in Social Work and graduated in 1983 from Eastern Mennonite University
* Worked at a group home for disadvantaged kids outside of Philadelphia
* Taught English and Culture Orientation at a refugee camp in the Philippines
* Taught English as a Second Language in Japan
* Speaks and teaches onWriting the Heartache
* Has three kids on earth, and one in Heaven
* Recently got married to Carl on 2/7/09