300 Writing Prompts: This Year's Accomplishment

I can't fully claim this one, but I'm going to say the audiobook to Son of the Siren. The applause should really go to the narrator J. Kindred, my publisher Tanya Anne Crosby at Oliver Heber Books, and whoever else was involved in the creation of the audiobook.

However, I did have a role in it! I was given unprecedented freedom to provide input. I got to listen to auditions, help choose the narrator, provide pronunciations, and approve the recordings chapter by chapter. It was a very exciting experience and I believe all of us created something wonderful.

To be honest, I never thought Son of the Siren would be getting an audiobook, so at the beginning of the year when Tanya let me know, I was so happy. I had been in a depressive slump for a while but that news made me feel brighter. Of course I was still depressed, but I had something great to look forward to. And I'm so happy I got to participate.

So, here's the thing...I wrote this post in advance having no idea an even better accomplishment was going to come my way. Here it is:

Yep, I secured a three-book deal with Oliver Heber Books! This is the first time I've been offered a deal before the book has been completely written (I'm almost halfway through Book One as I write this) and I'm on some deadlines--which means I can't meander through writing or only write "when I feel like it." I feel like this deal is going to help me graduate from a baby writer into a grownup one. Thank you to my agent Rick and Tanya and Kim at Oliver Heber Books!