You know that super angsty story that I wrote last year? The one I mentioned in my last post? Weeeellll guess what? I'm finally allowed to say that I sold it. To Samhain!!
Okay. So this is where it gets a little freaky.
The Samhain sale was actually my first sale. I hadn't heard from anyone regarding all my submissions so I was feeling a little down and impatient (okay a lot down and impatient) as I checked my email one morning in bed. And there in my inbox was an email from one of the Samahin eds. It was a personal one, not from their generic email address, so after I stopped breathing for a second, I thought well, it can't be all that bad if it's a personal email. And sure enough it wasn't. But I stopped breathing again when I read the email - it was very short - telling me that she loved the book and wanted to acquire it.
I just sat in bed going 'Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god' over and over and over again. I think I must have freaked out the husband because he eventually woke up and looked at my face and said, "What's wrong?"
Hehe. Nothing's wrong dude. I just sold my FIRST FREAKING BOOK!!!
The day after that I got revisions from Mills and Boon and two days later I got the call from Entangled.
So when they tell you that when it happens, it all happens at once... they're right. IT DOES!!!
I sold four books in one week. Am I not awesome??? *toots own horn*
Ahem. :-)
Anyway, Falling for Finn will be released in February 2013. And now I can spam everyone with promo! Not. ;-)
I'll say more about this book in a later post because it's a great lesson about what can happen when you let yourself write whatever the hell you want.
So that's my advice to you. Write what you want to write and let yourself go. Because anything can happen.
27 comments:
Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations!
My god Jackie, you're on a roll! Well done you and huge congrats!
I know what you mean about it all coming at once, I sold two books, got a request for the other two in one of the series, been working with an editor at Mills & Boon on a synopsis and eventually I got it right so she wants the partial, and I have so much on, but I'm thrilled.
Hope you enjoy you're buzz. Can't wait to read them all! x
Nas - thanks so much!
Aimee - Lol, sounds like you're in the same boat! It IS full on right? Yeah, I'm enjoying it all right!
SO thrilled for you :-) And I can't believe you've been holding out all these details...:-)
SO thrilled for you :-) And I can't believe you've been holding out all these details...:-)
*explodes* I WAS SO GOOD AND I (mostly) KEPT IT A SECRET!!! OMG OMG! I still can't believe how all that happened. I still can't believe it! Except I can because you rock and this book ROCKS. Finn is such a sexy hero and I cannot wait for him and Joseph to be unleashed on the world! (In their separate books...not together!)
SQUEEE!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! I knew you had it in you. Four books in a week is so freaking awesome. I'm sure you've set a record! Can't wait to hear more about all of them!!!
Huge congratulations again jackie! Told you this would be your year!
Good on Samhain for being first to snap you up!
Am pretty sure that there is a new year being squeezed into the Chinese Calendar as I type - the year of Ms. Ashenden. :O)
Congrats, am thrilled for you xx
OMG!!!!!!!!! Congrats, Jax!!!! This is just so awesome.... Like I said...give me more ;) and you did!!!! Happy dancing for you!!!! And passes around chocolate martini ;)
Victoria - Thanks! And yeah, had to sit on this for a whole six weeks! It's been soooo hard. But I did well didn't I? ;-)
Maisey - LOL!!! Well, I do have you to thank for his m'dear since it was you who told me to sub it. And you who did so much encouragement with it. Hehe. Would make an awesome M/M romance eh?? ;-)
Lacey - thank you m'dear! It's pretty amazing eh? I still can't believe I did it. :-)
Scarlet - You did! And thought nah... Show's you how much i know. :-)
Jo - Lol, you sweetie!! Ahem, it's also YOUR year too...
Ju- thanks!! *drinks chocolate martini* *dances*
Jackie
Congratulations!!!! I am so happy for you.
There must be rivers of champagne flowing in your house.
When I have moments of doubt I will think of your determination and I will persevere.
And thank you for sharing your journey to (muliti) publication.
Nina xx
Jackie I'm SO SO pleased for you. You're an absolute inspiration.
Can't wait to get my hands on your books!
Have another virtual champagne cocktail on me - you've earned it, and then some :)
x Christy
This is utterly fantastic news,Jackie!!! Am so thrilled for you...
Can't wait to read all of them...
Sri.
Nina - hehe, we did have quite a lot of bubbles! :-) And thank you for sharing it with me. It's been lovely people like you who've pulled me through.
Christy - thanks so much!! *drinks cocktail*
Sri - Awww, thanks m'dear! It's been a pretty cool couple of months. :-)
So glad we can finally celebrate this one! It's an awesome story and so fitting to be your first sale of loads and loads more!
You've worked so hard for this, waited so long, and then it all happened at once. Just like London buses.
WOOT! You've finally been able to share this awesome news! Had to laugh at Finn and Joseph in the same book... now that'd be something different altogether ;-) Huge congrats, four books in a week is a-may-zing!
Wow!!! That's absolutely brilliant!!!!! Congrats and well done :)
Autumn - lol! It is like the buses huh?? Thanks m'dear. You totally rock!
Robyn - thanks too, sweetie! Yeah, that would be one HELL of a book, haha!!
Joanne - thank you! Yeah, I'm really rapt!
Wow! That's AWESOME Jackie! Go you. 2012 is definitely your year I think. Here's keeping fingers xrossed on the M&B as well! Caroline x
Talk about it all happening at once!! Huge congratulations Miss Jackie.
You realise you are now the poster girl for all us unpubbed wannabes, don't you?
That is just awesome! It's about time, you have been on the real rollercoaster ride and now your time has well and truly come! Conrats!!
Caroline - thanks heaps! Yeah, 2012 has been great so far, I have to say! Who knows re M&B. I've got a bit to go on with in any case. :-)
Elissa - haha!! Well, I dunno about that. I can certainly be the poster girl for drama queens. :-)
Kerrin - thanks! It has been a ride, I can say that much. And one that is worth the ups and downs!
Whoo hoo!!!! SO EXCITING!!! Jackie, congratulations! Spam away, I'd be happy to receive all news of any of your upcoming releases! xxx
Madeline - oh, thanks m'dear! Shall spam away. :-)
This is FANTASTIC NEWS Jackie... And see, we all said it would happen!! And now it's happened four times over... Yay for you. So pleased.. And the even better news is all that hard work in the last few years is going to pay off big time now you're a published author. Well done. Can't wait to read your book - sorry, books!!!
x
Heidi - Oh, thanks so much!! Yes, it certainly did pay off. Am thrilled, as you can imagine. Yep, next year is gonna be big! :-)
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