It's All Good
It's awful and then it's good. Life seems to go like that. Tuesday was a painful day, waiting for the resolution to my car crash debacle. I know this demonstrates my own flaws, but I get very impatient with other people's ineptitude. In hindsight, I have to say that the insurance adjuster was terrific, as were the folks at the insurance agency in Campbell River where I went to sign off on all the paperwork. Bottom line: I have my new car and I'm good to go.
On the other hand, Thursday was a tremendous day. I got royalties in the mail from two different publishers -- money is always an upper, and I found out that Return to Bone Tree Hill had been shortlisted for the Sheila Egoff BC Book Prize. It's quite an honour even if you don't take home the $$. One of my editors emailed an interest in publishing the third book in the Zach & Zoe series in the spring of 2011, and a publisher at another house expressed interest in a book proposal I'd submitted.
Nothing is written in stone, but it's all encouraging, and in this job that's all you can hope for.
Today I was interviewed by a local radio station about my BC Book Prize nomination and I barbecued a fantastic T-bone steak for supper.
Like I said -- it's all good.