I'm everywhere

Okay so I'm not going to be replacing Brangelina any time soon, but I discovered last night as I was googling myself (yes I do it, I'm sure many of you do too), that my american publishers have announced my existence. I didn't want to say anything without my agent's permission, so I've been pre-empted.

But here's the news:

The Weinstein Company have bought two of my books. They used to be the brothers who ran Miramax, but now they've developed their own business, both film and book publishing. My book will be in their first list Fall 2007 with a dozen or so other titles. It is extremely exciting, and I really can't believe this is my life. Anyway, they obviously sent out a press release to various online outlets. Here are my two favourites:

Empire Online: www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=20124
- this one because they are just so cynical! It's so funny. Also because I am a huge fan of their magazine and check their website regularly. It's an honour.

And AWN, who have the nicest and most accurate article about me and my book: http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=18661

Being Canadian I always get an icky feeling promoting myself, but I just HAD to post about this because it is hilarious, insane, and really fun. And this is the good news thread, so you know, it's nice to have good news now and then!

Okay. I'm going now. To laugh hysterically a bit more.

Aw thanks guys! I always worry about 'bragging' (in grade 8 all my friends dumped me because they said I did it too much and I've been scarred ever since). But it's pretty darn exciting, and soooooooo funny!

Jenna what kind of details would you like? (and by the way how super honoured am I that you replied to my post! You are like a celebrity to me on here )

And yet more thanks!

MacAllister: Details though about what? The story itself, the story of the deal? My favourite colour?

Details:

My favourite colour is burgandy I suppose.

Alanna, I wouldn't get too excited. First off it's MG. And second it's more magical realism than fantasy really. More A Series of Unfortunate Events than Harry Potter (not that Harry isn't fabulous). However there are pirates. And who doesn't enjoy that. And before people tell me I am jumping on the bandwagon I have loved Pirates ever since my parents took me to see Pirates of Penzance when I was like 8.

The book itself is very Alice in Wonderland. More about the people my MC meets along the way than the story itself. Part satire, making fun of the adult world. It's around 83 000 words after the latest edit, which I just finished Monday.

The Weinstein deal was insane. I was in the middle of doing a run of Macbeth, and the show had just finished and I checked my voice mail. My agent, calling from UK (cause that's where I was when I got my agent) had left a message to call her back. So I did and she told me the news. That there had been a four way auction for my book, and the Weinsteins were currently on top. That Harvey himself called my agent to express his interest in the book (she called it the highlight of her career so far). And well I took a weekend to think it over. And then said yes of course. It was all so crazy. But still, the craziest bit was suddenly finding me all over the net.

Um . . . any other details I may have missed?

Thanks guys as always for the support. It's nice when nice things happen!