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Mamma Mia!

9/28/2014

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My mum, who is an amazing traveler, bounced off the flight from Ireland on Sunday.  She has come out to share all of these wonderful moments that I have been having with Reluctantly Charmed.   I was told that there was a possibility that Reluctantly Charmed might appear on book shelves a week prior to publication.  Yesterday we hopped on the train to Melbourne on the hunt for RC. 

WH Smith at Southern Cross is at the top of the escalators and as we approached I started babbling, which is a sign that I’m really nervous.  ‘It won’t be here Mum, no way, like it’s far too early.  This shop has lots of magazines and sweets, they won’t have it.’  I could feel my stomach turning inside out, and a little tremor racing through me.  What if it was here, on a shelf, looking at me?  What if this was the moment I’d worked for six years for? 

‘We’ll just take a peek, we’ll be in and out in two seconds, sure we’re here now.’  Mum forever my number one cheer leader.

The books are at the back of the store and I saw it immediately.  There she was, there was Kate McDaid, out in the wild, for people that don’t know me to pick up and read.  We hopped, jumped, screamed and shook eachother like escapees from a tight security prison.  I leaped up and down and rallied the staff in a group hug, they may have considered pushing the emergency button for help but seemed to share in my delight.  We took photos and I signed some copies.

It was magic.

I am still coasting on a natural high.  Dreams do come true.

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One very proud Mammy!

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The amazing staff at WH Smith who thankfully did not call the police on me.

Advanced Reading Copy Tears

July 2014

I cried my eyes out when I put my hand on the advanced reading copy of Reluctantly Charmed.  Up until that moment it had existed as a word document on my lap top and some very messy piles of A4 pages, with scribbles and coffee cup stains.  But here it was looking like a book, all professional, with words and everything. My baby, my creation actually exists as it’s own entity, which is what I have worked so hard for.  It was a pretty emotional day, very happy, very satisfying and more than a little bit unbelievable.

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WARNING – may cause tears

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annette
10/10/2014 05:07:27 pm

Congratulations, must have been very exciting for you. Bought the book today and it is on my bedside table ready to read.

My family history is somewhere in Ireland and hope to go there one day, maybe I can meet a real fairy.

Good luck with the book.

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Ellie
10/12/2014 03:06:54 pm

Thanks Annette, I really hope you enjoy Reluctantly Charmed. Don't forget to enter the competition to win a trip to Ireland and you might get there sooner than you think. Thanks for stopping by my website. xx

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