Need some exclamation points? Here, have some:

[owlectomy]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was having a Bad Day. No, the day was okay. Call it a Bad Half-Hour.

And then my agent called.

And I sold my book. And I sold another book I haven't written yet.

Oh Em Gee.

Oh snap, I guess I need to call some people.

Comments

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

OMG!!!! Congratulations!

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[dianamcqueen.livejournal.com]

OMG!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Get on that phone!! XD

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Gosh, I could've gone for the Equus tickets that aren't all the way in the back corner of the theater! Oh well...

[meaghanchan.livejournal.com]

OH EM GEE!!!!

Many many congratulatios!

[meaghanchan.livejournal.com]

And congratulations, even!

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

I like congratulatios. :D

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

SQUEEE!!!

OMG, this is the MOST AWESOME NEWS EVER!!!!!

The only way I could possibly be happier if if I'd sold one myself.

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

Please please please tell us who bought it soon, because I am absolutely *dying* over here.

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I am pretty full of squee!

The publisher is Dial/Penguin. (OMG PENGUIN?)

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

OMG PENGUIN!?

(You can so tell we're book industry geeks.)

[sdn.livejournal.com]

this is great news! can't wait to hear who bought it.

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

(Belatedly, shamefacedly, catching up on thank-yous...)

Thanks! It's Dial Books.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD, YAYYYYY!!!!

If that doesn't cure a bad day, I don't know what would.

I will buy your book!

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Yeah, I was all "Oh no, I do not need a PHONE CALL right now, who wants to talk to me, am I at least not crying any more?"

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just like that. 'I wrote a book, I found an agent, I sold my book.' You make it sound so *easy*.

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

This part was easy - other people were doing all the work! It really feels like it happened overnight for all that I've been writing novels for seven years...

[cesario.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD!

*TWIRLS YOU*

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

*TWIRLS TO THE POINT OF FALLING DOWN*

[littlebutfierce]

Wow!! Congratulations!! That is amazing! (Phredd says congrats too!)

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And thanks to Phredd also! I love your icon - so cute!

[raanve]

YAY!!

That is tremendously awesome!! I am so excited for you! I can't wait to read it!!!

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It will be a while, given the slowly grinding wheels of publishing, but I'm already unreasonably nervous/excited...

[raanve]

I think I would be, too!!

My husband wanted me to pass this along: "Tell her that some guy she's never met or heard of says congratulations." When I told him, he got excited, too. And then he kept bringing it up at random for the next few days. :)

Congratulations!

[toughlovemuse.livejournal.com]

I have no idea if you remember me or not from the Nanowrimo days, (I was going under the username Ceri), but I heard the news and wanted to pop by to say congratulations. That's really fantastic news, and it's great to hear success stories from the Montreal Nano crowd.

So, congrats!

Re: Congratulations!

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Of course I remember you! Thanks, and it sure would be nice to have people whipping me on to write like the wind now that I'm going to be under contract for another book (eep!)

Re: Congratulations!

[toughlovemuse.livejournal.com]

Ha! Well, I'm sure we can organize something if you need prodding. When is th next book due?

Re: Congratulations!

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

I'm with Ceri -- maybe we could get together a private mini non-Nano writing group. Hmm...