Today is a day that I would want recorded in Fit to Print. Not only did I receive a lovely offer from the publisher for my memoir Love is the Thread, the grant arrived for my research project to complete Judith, my novel based on the Apocryphal Book of Judith. And interest is being expressed in my YA novel, Selkie Song, which is rooted in Celtic folklore.
Really, if someone wrote about a day like this in a novel, an editor would probably say, "Change that. It's not realistic. Nobody would believe you." I've had a rough couple of days personally the first part of the week, and just tried to hold on and keep walking through that "dark, dangerous neighborhood in my head," as Anne LaMotte once wrote. This morning (before all the good news, I might add) I chose to take care of myself and feel happy, no matter what the day brought. But wow, I never expected to wind up here!