I'd mentioned somewhere in the last post or so that I would put up a link to the announcement in the trades -- which turns out not to be possible to view unless you have a membership, and that's a hassle for everyone. However, a friend saw the announcement mentioned by another blogger / book reviewer (whom I do not know) and so my friend posted an entry which includes the announcement and details and also a link to the book reviewer's blog entry. So if you're curious about the book, you can go there.
I signed the contracts a week ago-Friday. Real, honest-to-goodness contracts which have all of the little things in there like my name and the name of the book (which may end up being changed because the editor wants something that sounds more like a series title, and right now I have no clue what that will be), to things like the deadlines and obligations and rights. For the first time, it felt really, seriously, honest-to-goodness real.
I promptly had my first major league panic attack about ten minutes after they were in the mail.
Seriously, is it too late to decide to be a ballerina? Or a sherpa? Or a lamp salesperson? Because really, I could be a great lamp salesperson.