Pass The Bucket, please

Well, as I sit here and write this, it's really hard to believe I'm going to write the words, "I'm officially an author". I sold CURSED to Samhain Publishing. I still can't believe it! I'm so excited and this is so damned special because those of you who know me, know that my grandmother is one of my biggest fans and that she's very ill. She has cancer growing all through her now and hospice is involved. They don't look for her to live too much longer, so tonight, I made the first sale call to her and she cried. Now, she knows her granddaughter sold a book before she died. She told me she was proud of me. My mom was at work and bawling and laughing right a long with me and my best friend here and her daughter stopped by on their way home just so she could hug me. I promised Stacey a long time ago, I would give her a two word dedication: "The End". Why? Because all through high school I would start these stories, hand them to her and grow bored with them. It drove her insane. Now she only wants me to tell her "The Begining." Her ten year old daughter is so excited too. And do you know that Samhain launches on my daughter's 11th birthday? She's so excited. Of course, when they all heard me scream and start crying when I read the email, they thought something was drastically wrong. I probably won't be able to sleep tonight. I've waited for this for so damned long! Ciao!