OK, here it is...drumroll, please...My novel is going to be published!!!Coffee At Kowalski's was spotted on
Authonomy.com by the lovely people at HarperCollins Avon and they've offered me a three book deal!!
It's completely crazy and utterly surreal - I haven't stopped smiling yet and it still feels like I might do a Dallas thing and wake up to find Bobby Ewing in the shower...(showing my age, there!)I found out just before Christmas and it's only just been announced, which is why I was bursting to talk about it all over the festive period!
It took me a while to realise that Avon wanted to actually publish my book - I was such a complete Dilbert that I assumed they'd just phoned me to offer helpful advice
(d'oh!) - it was only when they said, "We
do want to publish your book by the way," that the light finally dawned!
Coffee At Kowalski's is due to be published in time for Christmas and then two more books will follow, which still seems so surreal even now. The main thing for me is that I will be able to go into my favourite
Waterstone's shop in New Street, Birmingham, and actually
see my book on the shelves... For the past two years, every time I've walked into that store (it's the one in the old bank by the entrance to the Pallasades and it's really cool) I've turned to Bob and said, "One day,
my book will be here." Now it's actually happening, I can't believe it...
I'd better leave it there as I'm in danger of doing a Kate Winslet/Golden Globes-style acceptance speech... Suffice to say this is a dream come true and I'm so excited about what this year is going to bring! :o)
