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delicate #!&@*#! flower
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: At some altitude
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Imma drink this.
![]() I started writing my first book in May of 2001. (Blessedly, this is a different book. I'm not that slow) January 9, 2013, I get to hold my work in my hand - with a dust jacket and everything. |
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The Beast I Worship.
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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A bottle and two books? That's going to be hard to drink.
Good luck with that... these people and their weird traditions. Whatever. Congrats! You've earned it!
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This is not Kelly Kapoor Story Hour
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Fort Stewart, GA
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The cover's beautiful! Congratulations!
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come in, all you jesters
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: enter, all you fools
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Ordering details - please. I'm dying for this one.
No, I'm not... I got something in my eye.
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THE REASONS - Now Available!
Join Date: Mar 2005
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It's beautiful! So proud of you, Jamie! heartfelt congratulations! (-:
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THE REASONS - Now Available!
Join Date: Mar 2005
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**LIKE**
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One-Stop Shopping - My books on Amazon Buy any of my 3 novels between MAY 15-31, 2013 and 100% of my royalties is donated to Male Survivor Weekends of Recovery Scholarship Fund! "I'll have no truck with plots." ~ Sheldon Cooper |
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'Twas but a dream of thee
El Jefe
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Out on a limb
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Congratulations, Jamie! You've worked damned hard for this, and it's a moment well-deserved.
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Super Browser
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: In a van down by the river
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A wonderful accomplishment and long deserved. Congrats, Jamie. You did it!
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I fight like a dairy farmer
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Oxfordshire
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Wonderful! Must be a memorable moment. Congratulations.
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,292
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Looks like you got everything you need there...
Imma join you in a bit. West Coast timezone, you know. Seriously, Congratulibations. Happy, happy, happy, that's what I am for you. Coocoocachoo! |
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
AW Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Non carborundum illegitimi
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Congratulations!
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delicate #!&@*#! flower
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: At some altitude
Posts: 14,536
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Can't say the particulars just yet, but there will be a version in your neck of the woods. Eeeeeep!
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I'ma firin' mah lazer.
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Chicago
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Lifetime (?) Dream: Achieved.
What will you do next? (Also, huge freaking congrats, lady.) |
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They are all perfect....
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: The 5-0
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Congratulations!
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Order of the Dragon
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Michigan
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Congrats!
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Listening to the Voices In My Head
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: I can see the Rocky Mountains
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That is wonderful news! I saw your book at the top of AW when I signed in. Enjoy your celebration, you earned it.
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Out, damn'd spot! out, I say.
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Canada
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Congratulations! You are living the dream.
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Writing Goblin
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: still on the planet
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Oh, AWESOME! This is so great to read right now, I am happy for you - and had to post that this was precisely the inspiration I needed.
thank you for that. |
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delicate #!&@*#! flower
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: At some altitude
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Quote:
Thanks, Mac & Co.! And thank you, Satori. |
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delicate #!&@*#! flower
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Back in Oz. Missing France :(
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Australia.
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Who's a clever girl, then? Many, many congratulations! Well done!
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Likes metaphors mixed, not stirred
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Entebbe, Uganda
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Excellent news! Congrats!
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Chief High Procrastinator
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Leafy suburbia
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Congratulations, it looks wonderful! Savour the moment and enjoy every sip.
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Abuses commas at will.
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Somewhere between here and there
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Congratulations!
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