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Chickens finally hatched and counted - 'Coping with Chloe' to appear in 2011
Finally holding the signed contract in my hand - with the great news that my 11+ novel 'Coping with Chloe' is to be published by Phoenix Yard Books in 2011.
At last, I can really celebrate!!! :D
Thanks, folks, for all the encouragement, especially those who have followed this unfolding story on my 'Chickens' thread. You are a great crowd!
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CONGRATULATIONS!
and yes, the capital letters are justified!!!!!!!
Congratulations Rosalie. :)
Well done, Rosalie!
Well done, enjoy the celebrations! You deserve it :)
I can finally release my tight grip on the mouse now, been on the edge of my seat following the other thread about this :D
Celebrate twice; now, with contract in hand, andagain, when you have a copy of the finished book.
But yes, I'm intending to treat myself! Bubbly anyone?
Well done, Rosalie, that's amazing.
I wonder how long the next year will seem ;)
Except maybe holding the finished book in your hand. Congrats, and I am SO jealous!
Yes, I can't wait to see the finished book. Some way to go... now have to get down to some edits.
If I can do it, Viv, so can you!
*SA*
Here it is:
http://www.ukchildrensbooks.co.uk/pubs.html
Or I may have just typed in 'new' and 'childrens' and 'publisher' into Google one day - I wish I could remember for sure! I'm impressed by their speed of response - I submitted my Ch 1-3 and synopsis on Dec 2nd, got a request for the full on Dec 22nd and an invitation to discuss publication contracts on Jan 21st! Final contract received Feb 22nd - so less than 3 months in all. Plus they tried it out on some children and parents during that time!
They are very nice to deal with and the changes they requested are, in my opinion, spot on, so yes, I'd recommend you and the other children's writers on Talkback to have a go. Wouldn't it be great if several of us here all got published by them?
Look forward to hearing how 'Coping with Chloe' progresses through the publication process.
I'm currently working on some excellent questions/comments on 'Chloe' from my editor, and am meeting up with her next week to discuss revisions. She seems really good and I'm confident that the revisions will improve my book.
Congratulations, Rosalie