I am very pleased to announce that I have been signed up for representation by New York literary agent Ethan Ellenberg.
He will be advocating Surprise! for the international market(s) – and hopefully for other books of mine, at a later date! I shall have to get back to some serious work!
I was going to wait until the 1st of February to make the announcement. After all, that was the day I first declared my intention to publish solo. People thought I was mad. I even thought it on occasion, but look what happened because of it: I was invited to the Emerging Writers Festival and the Melbourne Writers Festival, I scored a national distribution deal, I was on the radio (three times!), was interviewed for a couple newspapers, and a score of other perks. I was going to wait, as I said, but you all know I’m the impatient type.
What was the best part of the 2008? Seeing children reading Surprise! and loving it (the good reviews help too!) When parents tell me how much they all get out of reading it together, when libraries discover their own little treasures…well, there are no words. Just a proud, beating heart of mine.
And maybe, hopefully, fingers crossed, people in America, Canada – and beyond! – may also get the opportunity to walk into a bookstore and buy it as well. That was my goal – that is the dream – and it all began by backing myself and letting passion kindle into something not only beautiful, but achievable.
