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birthday
Today is my birthday! I turn 45 today. It’s not every year that a life-long dream comes true. And while this year is going to be a big year, I will always look back at the year before with such fondness. So instead of sharing my week in publishing, I thought I would tell you a little about the joys of my first year in the book world.
No one told me how big my world would get:
During the year leading up to your book launch, you get to work with so many amazing people! It feels like my world has doubled. First, I have loved working with, and getting to know both my agent and my editor. Here are two people who want the best for me and for my book. It is an incredible feeling. And the wonderful folks on my marketing and publicity teams! It’s their job to try and get me and The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living out into the spotlight. How amazing is that? And then there is the sales team! I have the good fortune to live near two of the sales reps for my publisher, and have had the pleasure of getting to spend time with them in person. These are the people who get booksellers excited about your book. I couldn’t feel more cared for or supported.
Writer are generous:
One of the absolute best things about this year has been all the writers I have met. I have received so much wonderful advice, so many offers of support, and so much good will from other authors. I have been attending many readings this year, especially ones by debut authors, and I feel like I have become a part of this wonderful tribe of artists whose generosity has blown my mind and stretched my heart. And where would I be without my partners in debut crime—the writers of the Debutante Ball? I can’t imagine having gone through this year without their support and their laughter.
Friends are love:
I don’t know why, but the thing that has surprised me the most this year, and has delighted me the most, has been how wonderful my friends have been. I mean, I knew they would be happy for me, but I wasn’t expecting this incredible wave of genuine excitement and support and cheer. It’s felt incredibly joining. Having this cheering section behind me means the world to me. Publishing your first novel is thrilling—but it is also quite scary sometimes, and can leave you feeling vulnerable—and having that encouragement and love from my pals means more than I can say.
Well, it’s a beautiful, sunny spring Sunday in Boston. There are gifts to open and pie to eat and flower seeds to buy and a garden to dig up and friends to visit and fancy dinner to be had. Even if it isn’t your birthday, I hope it is a day full of cheer.
And may this be the year that your dreams come true, too.
No one told me how big my world would get:
During the year leading up to your book launch, you get to work with so many amazing people! It feels like my world has doubled. First, I have loved working with, and getting to know both my agent and my editor. Here are two people who want the best for me and for my book. It is an incredible feeling. And the wonderful folks on my marketing and publicity teams! It’s their job to try and get me and The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living out into the spotlight. How amazing is that? And then there is the sales team! I have the good fortune to live near two of the sales reps for my publisher, and have had the pleasure of getting to spend time with them in person. These are the people who get booksellers excited about your book. I couldn’t feel more cared for or supported.
Writer are generous:
One of the absolute best things about this year has been all the writers I have met. I have received so much wonderful advice, so many offers of support, and so much good will from other authors. I have been attending many readings this year, especially ones by debut authors, and I feel like I have become a part of this wonderful tribe of artists whose generosity has blown my mind and stretched my heart. And where would I be without my partners in debut crime—the writers of the Debutante Ball? I can’t imagine having gone through this year without their support and their laughter.
Friends are love:
I don’t know why, but the thing that has surprised me the most this year, and has delighted me the most, has been how wonderful my friends have been. I mean, I knew they would be happy for me, but I wasn’t expecting this incredible wave of genuine excitement and support and cheer. It’s felt incredibly joining. Having this cheering section behind me means the world to me. Publishing your first novel is thrilling—but it is also quite scary sometimes, and can leave you feeling vulnerable—and having that encouragement and love from my pals means more than I can say.
Well, it’s a beautiful, sunny spring Sunday in Boston. There are gifts to open and pie to eat and flower seeds to buy and a garden to dig up and friends to visit and fancy dinner to be had. Even if it isn’t your birthday, I hope it is a day full of cheer.
And may this be the year that your dreams come true, too.
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