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Exciting news!!! :):):)

chubbyalaskagriz

chubbyalaskagriz

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I don't mind making myself vulnerable by sharing something exciting- that MAY very well flop!

The cookbook /travel memoir I've had in the works for a decade was not only completed this past winter, but after sending out 2 dozen query letters I finally received a green light from Sasquatch Press in Seattle!

I high-tailed it to Kinkos, got a good quality copy printed-up, including a photo collection of over 400 pics., as well as copies on cd and thumb-drive and the Fed Ex shop in the same store packaged it all nice and professional-like for me, and now... I wait!

I am so excited/relieved/thrilled/nervous/AFRAID/hopeful/curious/anxious... did I say EXCITED?

I have NO IDEA what type of time-frame to even expect to hear back, in. Two weeks? Two months? Six months? A year? Maybe not at all? Maybe they'll call me and leave a wild voice-mail of cackling LAUGHTER on my machine and ask me "What makes you think you can write?"?

Anyway- I might have a denial letter to share with ya'll about, at some point. But my hope is that rather- I'll have a title to refer you to at your local book store!

Please cross all your fingers and toes for this fledgling author. Any kind vibes would be SO appreciated!
 
an autograph is nice, I'll go for "send the FOOD!" [g]

congrats - with your background I suspicion there's a couple items in there not found in Betty Crocker!
 
Thank you, everyone!

At first I wanted to keep quiet about this. Afterall, if it turned out that I didn't get much of a response- or if the result turned out to be negative, I didn't want to have to deal w/ the public rejection of that- after having told everyone about it.

But, after sitting on it for a while, I remembered just how much of a challenge it's been for me. So much of this getting published experience has been strange... It seems much of it all is just kept hidden and concealed behind a curtain- it's certainly not a world I felt privvy to or informed about... At times I've felt like I was walking a dark country road after dark- without a flashlight or a road-map... kinda aimless and scratchin' my head... and I thought- "y'know what? There might be others out there who've always been curious about this experience... I'm not gonna perpetuate to silent secrecy of it all. I'm just gonna share my experience- the good, the bad, and the ugly!" Hopefully my willingness to be out and open about it will help someone else- or at least interest others on some level!

I walk a fine line between feeling properly confident in my knowledge, experience and abilities- and also feeling completely like a novice newby who might very much be indulging illusions of grandeur, when it comes to my hopes for this cookbook. So in all honesty I have no idea just what to expect It's an odd, odd feeling. (more revealing vulnerability!)

So... I'll keep you all posted! And again- it's warm & fuzzy to read all the generous remarks and friendly enthusiasm and sisterly/brotherly support. THANKS SO MUCH!
 
by all means keep us posted.

but keep in mind, should those idiots reject your efforts, you ain't gonna get rejected around here....
 
Kev - do you remember the old school song - When you walk through a storm keep your head up high and don't be afraid of the dark - at the end of the road is a golden sky and the sweet simple song of the lark........etc. etc. and - you'll never walk alone....
 
Yea, way to go Bro!!! Keeping my fingers crossed for you!!!! I will come to your book signing when ya come to our area!!!! Love this great news!!!!
 
I am thrilled, Cathy. And if I'm this excited simply at being invited to submit the manuscript- I can't imagine just how whacko I'm gonna be if I receive word that they actually wish to publish it! :):):) Thanks for sharing in the enthusiasm w/ me! It's so fun to be able to share life's little excitements w/ dear ones...
 
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