Giddy

So, last Friday morning, I woke up at around 6:30AM but refused to get out of bed. I forced myself to sleep later. In the hazy world of being asleep and being awake, I dreamt a bell boy knocked on my door and told me I needed to clear my mailbox. In the dream, I told him I cleared it last night. Anyway, in the dream, I walked to the lobby in my pajamas and cleared the mailbox, which was filled with junk mail and a large, flat purple envelope. The funny thing is the hotel in the dream was not the place I was staying in Napa. Anyway, I opened the purple letter and inside was a letter that only said, "Sorry for the delay, but we have scheduled your book."

When I woke up, I started laughing to myself because it was funny to dream my book was scheduled since it had no publisher. I joked with myself that maybe I should check my email, but then laughed it off. At breakfast that morning, I got bored waiting on my friend, Claire. I went ahead and checked my email to waste time and, yes, there in my inbox was an offer from Martha Rhodes at Four Way Books. I officially accepted the offer this morning.

I feel so flattered, honored, and excited to be going with Four Way. I really feel it is the right place for me. The book will most likely be scheduled for Spring 2007! So, I am joining my friend, Pimone Triplett, as well as Tina Chang, Jason Schneiderman, Sarah Manguso, Forrest Hamer, and many others at Four Way Books. The Second Person will actually have a life after all. And I feel downright giddy to have Martha Rhodes as my Editor.