I can't believe I haven't wrote this post yet. I dreamed about
writing this post for five years and when I finally can, I totally flake
and don't. If you haven't heard you are probably wondering what it is I
am babbling about.
A few months ago I got a phone call
while I was at work from the awesomeness that is my agent Brittany
Booker. (If you want to read about my getting an agent you can go
here.) I
happened to go to lunch early that day because I was starving and
couldn't bear to wait another half hour like I usually did. Because I
went so early only my one coworker, one of the only coworkers who knows I'm a writer, came with me. The two of us sat at a table in a corner
and started eating when my phone rang. Let me tell you, it took all I
had not to jump up on the table and start dancing like this:
You
know when you just know. As soon as I saw the number flash on my screen
that feeling you get in your gut told me this was going to be a call of
epic proportions. I answered, voice shakey, hands shaking even worse
and let Brittany tell me what I had been waiting and hoping for for so,
so long.
I was getting published!!! As the words came out of her mouth I went from dancing fool to:
Because
even though I had a feeling, until you hear the words you just don't
know. My coworker watched me as all these facial expressions formed on
my face. And let me just say a cafeteria is probably the worst place to
get the call. It is loud and makes it almost impossible to hear. I want
to apologize to Brittany now for saying What? Excuse me? What was that?
like nine hundred times in that one conversation.
I hung up and told my coworker. And I went from shock to:
Then
of course I called my Mom and then my Boyfriend. And did a little more
Elaine dancing. It was a long journey and now that I got here, I
realized as long as it was, really it's just begun. I am so excited and I
can't wait to meet the world and for them to meet my characters.
My
debut novel, (NEVER) AGAIN, will be out this fall with Berkley
(Penguin) Yes that says Penguin! I know! HOLY CRAP is right!!!!
New Deal: Theresa Paolo's (NEVER) AGAIN, a New Adult
romance, where just as the college student forgets about her
ex-boyfriend, he moves back and into her life, to Julie Mianecki at
Berkley (Penguin), in a nice deal, for publication in October, by
Brittany Booker of the
Booker Albert Agency (World).
There
were so many times when I thought I'd never be published and my mom
would always say, "Good things happen to those who wait" and I would
tell her well I'm sick of waiting and that saying is annoying. Well as
always, Mom was right. Good things definitely happen to those who wait
and I wouldn't change a thing. My five year journey to get an agent and
to get a publisher has shaped me into who I am today and I'm a better
writer for it and most of all a better person.
I want
you all to know, this wasn't as easy as a submit and yes either. It
never is with me. Once again I had to do another rewrite, this time
completely changing my story from YA to NA. I will write about that in a
future post. But let me just say my book is better than I ever imagined
because of that. When it comes to my writing, life likes to throw me
hurdles, but I just keep climbing over them, and I don't plan on
stopping.
As soon as I get more details about the
release/cover I will let you all know! Thanks for being with me on this
journey. It's only going to get better :)
Oh! Oh! Oh! There's not much detail, but ahhhh you can find me on
Amazon and
Barnes and Noble!!!
