Sold, sold, sold!!!

[dragonjax]

Okay, forgive me if this should be in another forum or what have you.

MY NOVEL, HELL'S BELLES, HAS BEEN SOLD TO KENSINGTON! (And so have the next two--still unwritten--books in the series!)

Even though it's billed as a paranormal romance, in my heart this will always be a humorous urban fantasy.

This will be my first published novel.

WOOT!!! :hooray: :hooray: :hooray:

[My-Immortal]

Congrats! :) Way to go! Get off the computer and go celebrate already!! LOL

[dragonjax]

Congrats! :) Way to go! Get off the computer and go celebrate already!! LOL
Can't. I'm too busy telling everyone I've ever met about the news... :ROFL:

[Kasey Mackenzie]

Congratulations! I'm sure you're very excited!

And I feel the same way about my WIP's. That they're more urban fantasy than paranormal romance but I'll market them whatever way gets them sold! =)

[dragonjax]

Thanks, Kasey! And man, I'd call the genre "broccoli" if that's what publishers wanted... :Jump:

(I really do crack myself up...) :ROFL:

[mhughes]

Congrats Dragonjax!

[Sheryl Nantus]

:kiss: :Clap: :Clap: :Clap:

[victoriastrauss]

Wow. That was FAST! Congratulations, you hot property, you.

- Victoria

[triceretops]

Wow, congrats on the sale to that big house. I'm urban fantasy too!

Tri

[Cathy C]

YAY! CONGRATULATIONS! :hooray: :Jump: :banana: :banana: :partyguy:

:TheWave: :PartySmil


(Is this sufficient emotion expressed at your good fortune and EXCELLENT WRITING? ;) )

[dragonjax]

Thanks, everyone! I'm so thrilled, and my head is spinning from how fast this all happened.

(Erk. And after a bottle of bubbly tonight, I have a lot of writing to do...)

Thanks again! :banana:

[Captain_Campion]

Congratulations! Here's a toast to seeing you on the bestseller list.

And if you don't mind, keep us up to date on how the whole process works.

[dragonjax]

Thanks, Captain! And I'll definitely keep everyone posted along the way. :-)

[The Scribbler]

congrats!!! that is a heck of a X-Mas present!!

[Pencilone]

:Trophy: :partyguy: :TheWave: :Cheer: :Cheers: :partyguy: :Jump: :hooray: :Clap: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Pencilone]

Congratulations! All the best! I hope to catch up with you some day!

[clintl]

Congratulations! May it be the first of many sales!

[Christine N.]

Woot! Did you sell them yourself, dearie, or did you eventually get an agent? If you did and announced it here, I missed it.

Yay! Buy yourself something sparkly :)

[dragonjax]

Thank you so much, everyone!

Christine, I did get an agent--I probably forgot to post it here. (I know. Bad Jackie.) It's been an utter whirlwind!

[badducky]

GO JAX!!!!

:banana: :Trophy: :partyguy: :Thumbs: :Cheer: :Cheers: :PartySmil :snoopy: :Hug2: :Cake: :Guitar: :Clap:

[Sakamonda]

Great job, Dragonjax! Many congratulations.:Clap:

If you don't mind my asking, how long did it take Kensington to decide to buy your book? And which line will it be in? I've had one of my books under consideration for their Strapless line for about four months. (agented submission)

[dragonjax]

Thanks, badducky and Sakamonda!

Sak, this has been an utter whirlwind. My agent submitted to Kensington (main line) on 12/1. On 12/9, we got the offer, as a pre-empt. My head is still spinning.

[aka eraser]

Well done Jax! :Clap:

[JerseyGirl1962]

Thanks, badducky and Sakamonda!

Sak, this has been an utter whirlwind. My agent submitted to Kensington (main line) on 12/1. On 12/9, we got the offer, as a pre-empt. My head is still spinning.

EIGHT DAYS!!! WOO HOO!!

:banana: :partyguy::partyguy::Trophy::Thumbs::TheWave:

How great is that?!

~Nancy

[JennaGlatzer]

Holy smazole and CONGRATS!!!!!!!! That's fantastic news. :Clap:

[Lady of Prose]

OMG!!! Music to my ears! I love to hear such news! Congratulations!

[mommie4a]

Congrats, Dragon - superfantastic way to end the year, and start the new one!

[HConn]

Congrats!

[Perks]

That's wonderful! You don't need much for Christmas now do you? Enjoy the triumph!

[OneTeam OneDream]

Way to go Jackie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It couldn't have happened to a better person!

[Pthom]

Super good news, dragonjax!


Now, if you would, slide over by me once or twice a day; maybe some of your good fortune will rub off.

[three seven]

Awesome result Jackie, congratulations! http://www.geocities.com/thingumybobwotsit/thumbsup.gif

[dragonjax]

Thank you so much, everyone! I'm definitely passing the Kool Aid around--best of luck to everyone who's waiting to hear from agents and editors!

[Perks]

Kool Aid? Heeeey, are you trying to kill off the competition?

[Vanessa]

Okay, forgive me if this should be in another forum or what have you.

MY NOVEL, HELL'S BELLES, HAS BEEN SOLD TO KENSINGTON! (And so have the next two--still unwritten--books in the series!)

Even though it's billed as a paranormal romance, in my heart this will always be a humorous urban fantasy.

This will be my first published novel.

WOOT!!! :hooray: :hooray: :hooray:

Wonderful News! Congratulations Dragonjax. Now go celebrate!http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/images/smilies/emoticonbanana.gifhttp://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/images/smilies/emoticonbanana.gifhttp://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/images/smilies/emoticonbanana.gif

[PattiTheWicked]

Wooot! Congrats to you!

[Saanen]

Way to go!! That's an amazing turnaround time, too!

[Jenny]

:popcorn: All set to read your book! Congratulations. I must look like a fool grinning at the computer screen ... but this is fantastic news. Congratulations!!!

[dragonjax]

Thanks again, everyone! You people rock. You know that, right?

Kool Aid? Heeeey, are you trying to kill off the competition?
Me? Never. Kool Aid is stuffed with good things (so I've been told...)

[Ivonia]

Congrats!:banana::snoopy::PartySmil

[Sharon Mock]

Congratulations!

(What inspiring news with which to apply nose to grindstone once again...)

[dragonjax]

Thanks, Ivonia and Sharon! :Sun:

[JennaGlatzer]

Hey, I just realized something-- you got the offer the day after your birthday, didn't you? That has to mean a lucky year!

[Master Bedroom]

Well after hearing your good news, Dragonjax, I could use a stiff drink.
Now that you will be Rollin in the doe, how about buying me one.:Cheers:

[moblues]

Fantastic!

I can't believe I'm posting this late.

Wait a minute –– I'm on vacation. I was given a voucher. Hee hee. Sorry ...

Congrats. Good luck with the next two in the series.




Mike

[dragonjax]

Thanks, everyone! :-) Drinks are on me.

And yep, Jenna--you're right. The day after my birthday, it came in. WOOT! Getting older ROCKS. :hooray:

[SindbadtheSailor]

Congrats, Jax. These two words sort of rhyme at the moment. You're a winner all the way! May life unfold in a brightly calm spirit.:Clap:

Sindbad

[dragonjax]

Thanks muchly, Sindbad!

[WVWriterGirl]

Yay Jax!
:hooray: :Jump: :hooray:
:snoopy: :Hail: :snoopy:
:TheWave:
:PartySmil
:TheWave:

Love ya, gal, and good luck!

[batgirl]

That's terrific news, and what a turnaround time - wow! Go you!

-Barbara (who got rejected in 8 days once ...)

[emeraldcite]

most impressive. congrats!

[dragonjax]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I just worked out the deadlines for the next two books with my editor. Outlines! The man wants outlines! EEK!!!!!!!

[azbikergirl]

WOW! Forgive my tardy response, but Way To Go!!

Big congrats to you!

Now the hard work begins. ;)

[jdkiggins]

Congratulations, Dragon!! Woo Hoo!

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/images/smilies/emotePartySmiley.gif http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/images/smilies/emotePartySmiley.gif

[dragonjax]

Thankya! Thankya kindly!

Now, does anyone have Stephen King's email addy, so I can beg him for a blurb? :ROFL:

[badducky]

I'm sure we'll blurb each other, Jax...


Of course, since neither one of us has a huge audience, yet, I don't know how useful that will be.

Besides, I may say something really inapporporiate on your book. You know: "This is the kind of book that makes me want to read my first novel, LXXX DXXXXX. Wow, my book is so awesome. You should buy that one, too."

[dragonjax]

Oh, you bad ducky, you... :ROFL:

[Rabe]

Can't. I'm too busy telling everyone I've ever met about the news... :ROFL:

"everyone I know..."

*sniff sniff*

Now that she's hit it big, she no longer cares for her number one fan.

I think I'm off to have a good cry now, maybe watch some of the DIVA for research on a story idea I've got crowding my tiny little brain.

Maybe...after I devour that pint of Ben and Jerry's...since I'm no longer known.

*sniff sniff*

Rabe...
...who is still very, very, very happy for Jax...but not as happy as I'll be when I've got 'the Lorn' in my hands!

[dragonjax]

RABE!

You didn't get my email?

GAH!!! http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/images/smilies/emoteHammer.gif

Thank you so much! I'm so thrilled, and I'm having no luck with the second novel in the series yet. But heck, THE LORN is still alive and kicking in the Wizards of the Coast Open Call (see that neverending thread), so hey, maybe maybe maybe I'll have more good news to post. (Heh.)

[Liam Jackson]

CONGRATS! I love AW family success stories!

(If this is your first novel sale, report to Uncle Jim for formal indoctrination into the Order, and learn the secret handshake.)

[ChunkyC]

I've been away from this forum for far too long.

CONGRATS, DRAGONJAX!!! What fabbo news! Enjoy every moment, you published novelist you!

[dragonjax]

Thanks, Liam and Chunky! Yes, this is my first novel sale. :) But it won't be published until early 2007. (And I think I finally hammered out a very rough outline of the next book in the series. Fingers crossed...)

[Sheryl Nantus]

quick, back to the computer!

write, write, write!

:D

w00t!

[dragonjax]

quick, back to the computer!

write, write, write!

:D

w00t!
LOL--no joke! But after a few false starts, now I'm feeling damn good about the next book in the series. Looking to get the very rough first draft done by the end of February. (Hey, a girl's got to have goals...)

[clara bow]

Congratulations, and many happy readers!

[Susie]

Congrats! and Way2go! That's super, Dragonjax. Hope they're bestsellers!


:Cake: :popcorn: :TheWave: and a :snoopy: dance!

[Uncletrunx]

WOW! Forgive my tardy response, but Way To Go!!

Big congrats to you!

Now the hard work begins. ;)
Forgive mine too, I've just been popping in to check the other thread!

Go you! :)

[Paint]

Awesome- absolutely awesome!!!Be seein ya on TV--maybe the Golden Globes!!!

[dragonjax]

Thanks, guys! :)

My first book is scheduled to come out January 2007. Write it in your calendars now... heh

Meanwhile, I'm hard at work on the next book...

[Kevin Yarbrough]

Congrats Jax!! Won't you tell us a bit about the book.

[(grasshopper)]

Congratulations dragonjax!

Sorry I didn't see this sooner. I just popped over from a link posted by Jenna Glatzer. (She's obviously proud of you). :)



Good show.

[dragonjax]

Hey, thanks Kevin and Grasshopper! (And Jenna!)

HELL'S BELLES is about a succubus on the run from Hell who hides out on the mortal coil as a stripper, and learns the hard way about love. It's billed as a paranormal romance, but I still think of it as a humorous urban fantasy with tingly sex scenes. It's the first of a projected five-book series (HELL ON EARTH), with possibilities of a few one-shot stories.

I'm really excited (duh) -- my editor (amazing man) had NO revisions for me, and I already saw the back cover copy. WOOT! So I'm in the blurbing process right now, and I'm waiting to see what the next step in the production process is. The book is scheduled for January 2007, so there's time for things like, oh, a web site. :)

Meanwhile, I'm working on the next book in the series, THE ROAD TO HELL.

[yeyeman9]

Good Job!!! Congratulations!!

[dragonjax]

Thank you! :Hug2:

[arainsb123]

That's absolutely fantastic!

[scfirenice]

Apparently I'm late at the party too. CONGRATS, DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!!! WAY to GO!!!!! Now go write the second one.