And not just any publisher, David Fickling Books!
AND not just David Fickling, but something very important to me - a publisher in my native Philippines in the form of RayVi Sunico!
OMG!
When I started trying to write novels NINE years ago, I thought, how hard can it be? I was a journalist writing hundreds of words a day. Surely children's fiction wouldn't be that hard. It would be great fun! I was a bit like a kid getting on a ride at a funfair.
I had no idea it was going to be like this:
And like this:
And like this:
A lot of the time, it was more painful than fun. But it was still fun enough to keep going.
And finally getting a contract is like, well, changing the ride.
Going off into another unknown!
Up and up and up!
Am I ready for what lies ahead?
Well at the moment, it's all looking good!
But there's a lot of hard work up ahead! The stakes are suddenly higher.
And I must remind myself why I write.
I must remind myself that beyond getting published, the reason I write is because I love it.
Reason enough to keep going.
Thank you to the hundreds of emails and wow, what a buzz that was on Facebook and on the SCBWI message board and in the Philippines, oh, the Philippine flag was waving!
It really, really is beyond fantastic!
