Browne Popular Culture Library

PCL MS-144: Glenda Sanders Collection

Introduction | Biographical Sketch | Scope and Content | Series Description | Inventory

Introduction

Glenda Sanders is a contemporary American author of romance novels. Original typescripts of twenty-seven of her novels, twelve synopses, twelve book cover art forms, and one short story comprise the core of the collection.

Ms. Sanders transferred her manuscripts to the Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University, in April 1996. The collection is open for research, but photocopying or other duplication of manuscripts must comply with applicable copyright laws. This register was compiled by Debbie Chimahusky under the supervision of Jean Geist, Browne Popular Culture Library Associate II in March 1999. It was updated in September 2009 by Patricia Falk.

Biographical Sketch

Glenda Sanders was born in Orange, Texas, to Everett Franklin Sanders and Dorothy Jo Cooper Sanders on September 18, 1948. She graduated in 1970 from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. Ms. Saunders freelanced as a magazine and newspaper writer prior to writing fiction. In 1984 she published her first novel, The Mockingbird Suite. She returned to newspaper reporting for The Daily Sun in Lady Lakes, Florida in 1998 where she writes color features, personality profiles, news stories, entertainment reviews, general features and a column, "Meanderings of a Middle-Aged Mind." Ms. Sanders was married to Russell E. Kachelmeier from 1968 - 1998. They have two grown children, Katherine Brigitta Kachelmeier Evans and Steven Russell Kachelmeier. Sanders died January 17, 2008.

Awards for Ms. Sanders work include the RITA award for A Human Touch and the Maggie Award for the same title.

Scope and Content

The Glenda Sanders Collection houses twenty-eight copy edited typescripts, fifteen galleys, twelve book cover art forms, twelve synopses, and one short story. The author's correspondence does not form part of this collection.

Researchers interested in the contemporary romance novel and in the process of publication will find this collection useful.

Series Description

Literary Production

Series: Literary Manuscripts; 1984 - 1996; Typescripts, with handwritten corrections by editors; Synopses; Book cover art forms; Floppy discs for ten manuscripts; Original donation is arranged chronologically by date of work

Inventory

Box 1
Folder	Description	Date
The Mockingbird Suite		Dec. 1984
1	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 5
2	Copy edited manuscript,chapters 6 - end
3	Galleys, chapters 1 - end
A Taste of Romance		Oct. 1985
4	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 5
5	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 6 - end
6	Galleys, chapters 1 - end
Heart Shift		Jan. 1986
7	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 7
8	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 8 - end
9	Galleys, chapters 1 - end

Box 2
Folder	Description	Date
Tall, Dark and Handsome		May1986
1	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 7
2	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 8 end
Amended Dreams		Jul. 1986
3	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 6
4	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 7 - end
5	Galleys, chapters 1 - end
Hero on Hold		Dec. 1986
6	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 6
7	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 7 - end
Logan's Woman		Apr. 1987
8	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 6
9	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 7 - end

Box 3
Folder	Description	Date
The Things We Do for Love		Jul. 1987
1	Original title: Render Unto Caesar Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 7
2	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 8 - end
Treadmills and Pinwheels		Nov. 1987
3	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 7
4	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 8 - end
The Man of Her Dreams		Mar. 1988
5	Original title: Marriage Made in New York Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 5
6	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 6 - end
7	Photocopied copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 5
8	Photocopied copy edited manuscript, chapters 6 - end
9	Galleys, chapters 1 - end

Box 4
Folder	Description	Date
Home Again		Sep. 1988
1	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 4
2	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 5 - end
Gypsy		Jan. 1989
3	Original title: Summer with the Sheriff Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 7
4	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 8 - end
Daddy, Darling		Jul. 1989
5	Original title: Inside the Circle Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 7
6	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 8 - end
7	Galleys, chapters 1 - end

Box 5
Folder	Description	Date
The All - American Male		Dec. 1989
1	Original title: The Best things in Love Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 7
2	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 8 - end
Island Nights		May 1990
3	Photocopied copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 7
4	Photocopied copy edited manuscript, chapters 8 - end
5	Galleys, chapters 1 - end
Doctor, Darling		Jan. 1991
6	Photocopied copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 5
7	Photocopied copy edited manuscript, chapters 6 - end

Box 6
Folder	Description	Date
Doctor, Darling		Jan. 1991
1	Galleys, chapters 1 - end
A Human Touch		Jul. 1994
2	Photocopied copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 7
3	Photocopied copy edited manuscript, chapters 8 - end
Babycakes		Feb. 1992
4	Original title: Mountain Daze Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 7
5	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 8 - end
6	Galleys, chapters 1 - end
Haunting Secrets		Jul. 1992
7	Original title: Shades of Love Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 7

Box 7
Folder	Description	Date
Haunting Secrets		Jul. 1992
1	Original title: Shades of Love Copy edited manuscript, chapters 8 - end
Dr. Hunk		Jun. 1993
2	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 6
3	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 7 - end
Don't Tell Grandfather		Apr. 1994
4	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - end
5	Galleys, chapters 1 - end
What Might Have Been		Jun. 1994
6	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 6
7	Photocopied copy edited manuscript, chapters 7 - end
8	Galleys, chapters 1 - end

Box 8
Folder	Description	Date
Sweet Cream and Irish Whiskey		Sep. 1994
1	Original title: The Irish Playhouse Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - end
2	Revised manuscript, chapters 1 - end
Playboy McCoy		Oct. 1994
3	Photocopied copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 5
4	Photocopied copy edited manuscript, chapters 7 - end (no chapter 6)
5	Galleys, chapters 1 - end
More Than Kisses		Dec. 1994
6	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 9
7	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 10 - end

Box 9
Folder	Description	Date
More Than Kisses		Dec. 1994
1	Galleys, chapters 1 - end
Not This Guy!		Jul. 1995
2	Photocopied copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 6
3	Photocopied copy edited manuscript, chapters 7 - end
4	Galleys, chapters 1 - end
Look Into My Eyes		Dec. 1995
5	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 6
6	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 7 - end
7	Photocopied galleys, chapters 1 - end

Box 10
Folder	Description	Date
Midnight Train from Georgia		Sep. 1996
1	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 1 - 7
2	Copy edited manuscript, chapters 8 - end
The Mockingbird Suite		n.d.
3	Synopsis
Heart Shift		n.d.
4	Synopsis and book cover art forms
Tall, Dark, and Handsome		n.d.
5	Synopsis and book cover art forms
Hero on Hold		n.d.
6	Book cover art forms
Logan's Woman		n.d.
7	Synopsis
The Things We Do For Love		n.d.
8	Original title: Render Unto Caesar Book cover art forms
Treadmills and Pinwheels		n.d.
9	Synopsis, book cover art forms
The Man of Her Dreams		n.d.
10	Original title: Marriage Made in New York Synopsis, book cover art forms
Home Again		n.d.
11	Synopsis, book cover art forms
The Gypsy		n.d.
12	Original title: Summer with the Sheriff Synopsis
Daddy, Darling		n.d.
13	Original title: Inside the Circle Synopsis
The All - American Male		n.d.
14	Original title: The Best Things in Love Synopsis
Island Nights		Sep. 21, 1989
15	Book cover art forms
Dark Secrets		n.d.
16	Original title: Wolf Corner Synopsis
Haunting Secrets		n.d.
17	Book cover art forms
Playboy McCoy		n.d.
18	Book cover art forms
Look Into My Eyes		n.d.
19	Book cover art forms
Scandalous Susan		n.d.
20	Synopsis
A Mistake of Identity		n.d.
21	Original short story; flier for Robert Newton Peck
22	Floppy discs Amended Dreams, Home Again, Logan's Woman, Man of Her Dreams, Morgain Jay and Rosette	n.d.
23	Floppy discs School Teacher; Tall, Dark, and Handsome, Taste of Romance, Things We Do for Love, Treadmills and Pinwheels	n.d.

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