One Year Calliversary and an Office
So, I just realized that today is my one year Calliversary! One year ago today, I woke up bright and early to an email from my editor, which led to a phone call…and a two book contract!
I can’t believe it’s been a year. I can’t believe everything that’s happened since! I had a baby, went to Florida, met authors that made me swoon with fangirliness, met my lovely editor, had a book release in the UK, and India, and Australia, had a book release in North America while the second book released in the UK, and then India…and then Australia. I’ve sold five books to M&B and am working on a sixth. I’ve had fabulous reviews, I’ve had scathing reviews. All of that and I still can’t quite believe it’s all real.
This has changed things, in so many ways. Good, good ways. It’s helped up financially, it’s added a lot of excitement (my husband carries around my bookmarks in his clipboard and gives them to clients sometimes). And it’s given me an excuse to keep doing what I love to do: write. I did it nearly every day before selling, and I do it nearly every day now.
It all starts to sound like an Oscar speech, but I have to thank my family for supporting me. My mom for listening to me while I work out problems with my WIP, my dad for his endless interest in the business aspect of publishing. My husband, because without him, there wouldn’t be books. My Sassy Sisters, who listen to me rant, plot, whine, lather, rinse, repeat. Lisa Hendrix, awesome writer, coffee addict and fixer of my problems. My friend Ellie, who doesn’t know a think about writing, but is always interested anyway. And I listen to her talk dressage, and I know nothing about horses. 😉 Of course my editor and all of the authors who have welcomed me and been so good and supportive to me from day one. *orchestra plays* oops…I’ve gone long.
And now I’m going to go longer and say…
I have an office!!
It started out as a shop with plywood on the walls and no insulation and a pressboard floor. There was also one tiny window.
But thanks to the hard work of my dear husband, my dad, who still spoils me rotten, and my Uncle Kim, who is also too good to me and lent me his drywalling skills to make everything look extremely professional, I have an office!
It’s outside the house, it’s freakishly quiet, and I love it passionately. I have no internet out there and no excuses. I feel completely spoiled. It’s the best one year Calliversary and Christmas gift evah! (well, except maybe the ones I got last year…selling to Harlequin and having a new baby is a hard one to beat!)
And now I have to go disappear to my actual, real live revision cave so I can get the Frenchman polished up to a brawny sheen…
Happy Calliversary to me!
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Happy aniversery! And the office? It’s beautiful and I might be the teeniest bit jealous.
Wow! Double Wow! A brand new office! Congrats and Happy Anniversary!
Julia, it IS beautiful! And outside the house so SILENT. I love it so much. :}
Nas, thank you. 😀 The office is great, of course, now I HAVE to be productive…*grumbles*
Oh Maisey you lucky lucky thing! Okay so for a cyber office warming gift I will give you the most gorgeous office plant (never needs watering or repotting or anything remotely requiring a green thumb) and every time you sell a new book it will spontaneously burst into blossom with flowers that smell exotic and amazingly beautiful to remind you what a clever chicken you are. Enjoy every minute of your precious solitude (not sure I could handle the no internet though – a little temptation is good for a girl ;))
*accepts plant* Yay! Let’s hope we see flowers soon…
Happy new office honeypop! Looks very cool, fab way to celebrate a VERY successful year. Go you!!
xx
Happy Calliversary!!
Wow, that year went fast!
Congratulations on your 6th book too!
And your office, it is beautiful.
And your family and your husband and your kids, lol.
What a life!
God is good!
And here’s a toast (pretend here) to 6 more books!
Becky
Thanks, Joanne! 😀 It’s a wonderful way to celebrate! And a nice bandage to put on my revision boo boo.
Becky, he is good indeed!I have so many blessings, I can’t even count them all.
Late here but fabulous congrats on your Calliversary! And love the office. It’s awesome. Your office boy isn’t bad either. 😉
Oh, he’s not bad at all. 😉
Ohhh posting late – sorry – but happy callaversary! Well deserved – and I love the new office. Caroline x
Thanks, Caroline! All guests are welcome to the party, no matter how late!!
Awesomeness!!! On the office!
When you said being an author ‘has added a lot of excitement’ followed by ‘my husband’ I thought you were going to say a different excitement like, ya know, you write about.
How wonderful that your hubby is so proud of you (like he should be).
hehe…we do all right. And yeah, he’s brilliant. 😀