Monday, April 22, 2013

I have an agent! no really. it's true.

Happy news to share today, news I have been waiting to share with all of you who follow along here:

I have an agent!

I will be working with the amazing Michelle Andelman from Regal Literary!

She tells me she loves my book!

She instructed me to follow a pink bird (the agency's logo) to her offices so I felt like I was following a magic bird to a secret garden!

She has made me so, so, enormously happy with her intelligence, thoughtfulness and kindness.

And, most importantly, she wants to share this journey with me.

I can not stop smiling.

Of course, there are stories to share and I will share them.  Of course, this is only the beginning of a longer, more difficult (and exciting!) journey.  But it is the beginning of something and I feel it is important for me to thank all of you.

In the years since I've been blogging, this space has been the space of my writing life. I went from having a handful of people read this blog, to meeting some of the most treasured friends I have. All of our correspondence and conversations have, truly, made an impact on my writing.  In all this time I've written a few books and received many (many) more rejections, and, it has been no small thing to open my inbox to an alert from a commenter and friend. These comments and emails have always made me think I might have a story to tell and there may even be someone listening. I am not exaggerating or being melodramatic when I say that many of you are the only reason I continue to try and tell any story at all.

So. Thank you.

Now I dance at my desk. : )

20 comments:

  1. Huge congrats, Melissa! :D Great news!

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  2. I'm dancing with you!! You deserve this so much. I'm so excited for you!! And...selfishly, for us, because we're a step closer to reading your book!

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  3. I was so happy when I saw the title of this post! Most definitely the beginning of something amazing for you, Melissa! Congratulations! I can't wait to hear more as the details unfold! :)

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  4. Congrats, Melissa! Michelle is awesome, and I can't wait to follow along in your journey.

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  5. Dancing with you!!!! Can't wait to hear all about it - congrats, congrats, congrats!!!!

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  6. Hip, hip, hooray! So proud of you, Melissa!

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  7. Congratulations! Great news, and good luck on your publishing journey :)

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  8. So happy and excited for you! What wonderful news! And so well deserved! *happy dance*

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  9. I am so, so, so happy for you :) Congrats!!!

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  10. Yay, what awesome news! Congrats :)

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  11. Congratulations! That's an important step.

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  12. So proud of you, Melissa. Gosh, I can't stop smiling either. :):):):):):)

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  13. Yay! I'm so happy for you! Welcome aboard Team Michelle! :)

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  14. Huzzah, Melissa! It was only a matter of time before someone recognized your talent!

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  15. I'm so so happy for you! I hope you and Tyler are going out to celebrate!

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  16. Holy cow, girl! I go away on vacation for one week and all kinds of wonderful happens. :D CONGRATULATIONS!!! I'm beyond thrilled for you. But after reading your blog for some long, and the snippet of your writing that you shared, I'm not in the least surprised. *Happy Dances in the room*

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  17. Yay! Yay! Yay!! I'm still smiling over this news, too! So happy for you, my dear friend! <3

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  18. Melissa, A huge heartfelt congrats! I have to apologize and explain my absence. When we connected a while back I *thought* I subscribed to your blog, meaning I went through the actual motions of subscribing but I suppose I did not complete the transaction. And the times you have visited my blog since then, I have been so happy to hear from you, and I assumed that you hadn't posted anything recently. And then, I was like, hmmm... "maybe I did something wrong and that's why I'm not seeing her in my reader."

    So now I am subscribed and I am reading (in reverse order) and catching up on your blog and your life! Yay for you!

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