My "Summer of George" 2019 So Far

If my personal and professional like in 2019 could be described in an emoji, it would be 😲 [shocked face]. I am kind of overwhelmed at everything that has happened in three short months.
January:

After four months of querying and getting rejected, I ended up weighing offers from four amazing agents within one week. I felt so much love for my book and was floored with each new contact how much I enjoyed all four of those women who were kind and smart and funny and made me even more excited to keep moving on this publishing journey. I ended up signing with Sharon Pelletier at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.

Also in January, I was honored by my university as one of 12 women impacting the campus and honored on the 2019 calendar. Okay--I know being featured on a calendar sounds a bit like something from a Saved by the Bell episode, but it was a complete honor to be recognized alongside 11 women I truly admire and respect. Added bonus: My parents, brother, husband, and my son were able to see me get the award.

Another important milestone: my kid is using the potty 🚽 (and I share this here because I am equally if not more excited about this than anything else on this list). We used the "Oh, Crap! Method" and I will swear by it until my dying day. He had it mostly down pat in 2 days.

Back to writing and most recently, I was floored (FLOORED!) to get a call that I was a Romance Writers of America® 2019 Golden Heart Finalist for The To-Do List. This is a huge honor and I have been overwhelmed since getting the call on Thursday morning.

Add to that getting to present a research paper at a national conference, making great new friends in the writing community and making strides on editing my second novel, 10,000 Steps, 2019 has personally been a banner year.  Let's see what happens next.