About Candace Gold

People often ask me how I started writing. To tell the truth, one morning I got out of bed and announced to my husband that I was going to write stories for children. He merely looked at me and laughed. So I took that laugh as a kind of dare and began to write picture books. I dove in and learned all I could about the technique and tried my hand. Some of my stories were really cute, but I soon learned that it was a hard field to crack into. I took a correspondence course and my instructor, a wonderful, supportive lady by the name of Jean Soule, became my mentor. To this day, we remain close. As time progressed, my writing evolved and the audience I was targeting grew older until I took a plunge into the adult world of confessions.

Oh, I do have seven novel length manuscripts, stories I hope to have published one day, but my biggest thrill came when the Chicken Soup people contacted me and asked if I had a story to contribute to their CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE KID’S SOUL ANTHOLOGY. I actually didn’t and banged out a story. It was accepted and I ended up having two book signings, one at the Book Revue in Huntington, NY and Borders in Stony Brook, NY on September 19, 1998. It was part of a nationwide book signing event where every author in the book took part to raise money for charity. It was a lot of fun and I met many people who enjoyed my story, Daddy’s Girl, at Long Last. I guess that was exactly what it’s all about. Touching people with your work. In fact, one young girl was my penpal for a short time and another won first prize in a writing contest in which they had to select their favorite story and write why they liked it. 

Leaving this behind I found my niche in the world of confessions and was able to get over 175 stories published. When people began to ask to read some of these stories, I realized since I didn’t have a by-line, they’d never know which were mine. That’s when I decided it was time to write for other markets. I began to sell my work to other magazines and venture into eBooks and other presses. And that's where I am today.