At her peak writing, she was releasing two or three titles per year, with her first hardcover novel being released in 2001.

She sat in her kitchen, with four children, tapping out her work on an ordinary typewriter.

They published the manuscript, and Macomber's illustrious writing career began in earnest.ĭebbie Macomber overcame her dyslexia to become one of the most prolific authors of romance novels. Of course, that editor ripped her work to shreds with his criticism, and recommended she throw it away! Instead, she gathered the $10 fee and submitted the same manuscript to Harlequin's competitor, Silhouette Books. She attended a romance writers conference, where one of her manuscripts, Heartsong, was selected to be critiqued by an editor from Harlequin Enterprises, Inc. She submitted many manuscripts, but all were rejected. She did not act upon that dream (for fear of rejection) until she was 30 years old, and the mother of four children. She realized that it was her dream to become a writer from the time she was in fourth grade. How many people follow the dream they had as a child growing up? American Women's Fiction and Romance novelist, Debbie Macomber did just that. It also becomes far more important than she ever imagined.As Ellen helps Anne Marie complete her list of twenty wishes, they both learn that wishes can come true-but not necessarily in the way you expect. It’s a relationship that becomes far more involving than Anne Marie intended. She begins to act on her wishes, and when she volunteers at a local school, an eight-year-old girl named Ellen enters her life. It includes learning to knit, doing good for someone else, falling in love again. They each begin a list of twenty wishes, things they always wanted to do but never did.Anne Marie’s list starts with: Find one good thing about life. She owns a successful bookstore on Seattle’s Blossom Street, but despite her accomplishments, there’s a feeling of emptiness.On Valentine’s Day, Anne Marie and several other widows get together to celebrate…what? Hope, possibility, the future. At thirty-eight, her life’s not what she’d expected-she’s childless, a recent widow, alone. Anne Marie Roche wants to find happiness again.

Twenty wishes by debbie macomber