Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Announcement!!!

You may remember my rather exciting news from last week!!  But just in case you don't remember, or you didn't see the post, or you didn't just click on the link, let me do a recap:

A publishing company offered to publish ELEMENTAL!

And today I'm going to tell you that I accepted the offer!!!  I am so excited to be working with Spencer Hill Press!!


It feels like it all happened so very fast.  One minute I'm answering interview questions for my blog tour and the next, I'm clicking on an email that contains an offer of publication.  Honestly, I was a little flustered.  I didn't know what to do!  I was already so deep into self-publishing, both mentally and physically, that a part of me just couldn't bear to step away from that.  Plus, along with the offer came a very clear warning that my book wouldn't come out for another year or so. 

So I had to ask myself, did I want to be published now without all the wonderful perks that come with working with a publishing company (professional editing, more options for review sites, being a part of a team, etc.)?  Or did I want to take advantage of all the wonderful perks, but put off the publication date?

I called my mom.  And then I called Vic

My mom basically accused me of being a pompous idiot for even considering not accepting the offer (okay, it wasn't really that mean, but I like to tease my mom :) ).

But let's be perfectly clear here before anyone accuses me of the same thing:  I was always leaning heavily toward accepting the offer.  Kate Kaynak, the one who sent me the offer, had already been extremely supportive and helpful since I announced I was self-publishing.  I knew that not only COULD I work with her, I'd love, love, LOVE it.  The only thing keeping me from shouting my acceptance the moment the offer was made was this little bug in the back of my mind that was really addicted to the idea of self-publishing.  I kept going online and seeing all this overwhelming support.  The amount of people putting my book in their "to read" folder on goodreads was climbing steadily.  And even ELEMENTAL's facebook fan page was seeing a steady growth of fans.

But in the end, it was Vic who convinced me to ignore the bug and take advantage of this great opportunity.

So after a very nice phone conversation with Kate, and another day or two to think about it, I woke up one morning with something Vic had said in my head and my mind perfectly made up; I wanted to accept the offer.  So I replied to Kate and everything pushed forward.

I am soooo happy with the decision I made and I can't wait to start working with Spencer Hill Press to make ELEMENTAL the absolute best it can be.

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I interviewed Kate Ellison on Monday!  Check it out and leave a comment for your chance to win a copy of The Curse Girl!

22 comments:

  1. By the way, I'll be announcing a giveaway on next Wednesday to continue the celebration!

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  2. Congratulations Emily! I'm glad you went with what you felt was best! Sometimes we all need a little nudge and I am so happy that you felt you could trust your friends and those who have your best interest at heart!

    Spencer Hill Press is amazing! I can see you certainly stole their hearts :)

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  3. This is SUCH wonderful news, Emily! I'm going to plug this all over the joint! Congratulations, honey!

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  4. Congratulations! It is great to hear something positive for an author nowadays.

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  5. Emily, I found you through Jessica Bell. It's wonderful to find your blog! I also think it's wonderful that you have signed with an independent publisher. I'm a big, big supporter of that, and I wish you the best of success!

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  6. It's not pompous to carefully consider all offers. Don't let anyone knock this characteristic out of you :).

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  7. Yaaaay, you made your decision! Sounds like this is the best for you, and I congratulate the choice!! Waiting a year will be worth it, I think. Lovely!!! Can't wait to see ELEMENTAL's path to readership. :) *hugs*

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  8. Congratulations! That's so exciting. Good luck with everything, I hope it goes well!

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  9. YAY! for making decisions!!!
    it'll be so cool to hear about your process!!!
    spencer hill is soooo lucky! :)

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  10. HUGE CONGRATULATIONS, Emily! I'm sure this decision will work out beautifully for you :)

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  11. YAAAAAYYY!!! So excited for you, Emily. Sending you a huge virtual cupcake with sprinkles. :-)

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  12. Congratulations! That's so exciting and I'm so excited for you! I can't wait to hear what happens next! ;)

    ~Loren

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  13. Congratulations! I can't believe you didn't think about accepting it for a minute. Well, I can because it's your baby, but still! What an accomplishment!

    Sara

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  14. I'm one of the users having comment issues. Yippee. So, I'll have to comment this way until it's fixed.

    But yaay! How wonderful! That's just so exciting.

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  15. Rock on! I'm super excited for you. I hope you post your experience to give this aspiring writer some publishing insight.

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  16. MMA--Thank you! Yeah, a lot of my family think the same thing as you, but I really wanted to make sure I was doing what was right for me. I'd already convinced myself I could self-publish and succeed at it (and I really was succeeding at it so far), so it was hard to walk away from that.

    Thanks for stopping by!

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  17. We're so excited to have you join the Spencer Hill family, Emily! Your book is amazing, and I was doing the we-have-a-new-author-and-her-book-is-great tease all through BEA. And next year I hope you'll be signing copies there!

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  18. I said it before, but huge congrats. I'll be blogging about this to spread the word. So excited for you!

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  19. this is the decision I wanted you to make!
    THe publisher will do additional editing, make you a good blurb for the book instead of the old one and probably offer you more marketing and support opportunities! A year of waiting isn't that long you'll see :)

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  20. CONGRATS and WELCOME to the Spencer Hill Press family. I am a HUGE FAN of SPH. I am not really part of the family but I like to pretend they adopted me *he he* Kate Kaynak is not only an incredible person but ALSO an incredible author!!! You are joining an amazing team. Cant wait to read your book.

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  21. Yay it posted. My phone gave me an error message.

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  22. Congrats Emily; this is sooo exciting! I am thrilled for you~ Can't wait to read your book!

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