Happy Book Birthday to Me!
I am a soppy, sentimental, squishy person. I always have been, even if sometimes I hide it. I’ve been humming the words to this tune all week, and thinking about all the people I love, all the ones I feel so grateful to for this day.
An acknowledgments page just doesn’t cover it.
I am overwhelmed with gratitude. Thank you to all the people at Razorbill and New Leaf – especially Laura, Emily, and Suzie. Thank you to my amazing family and Writer Friends. My Writer Friends! Cynthia, Samantha, Joy, Nan, Shelli, Lindsey, Lizzie – too many to count. You are my tribe, and I’m so glad I found you.
Thank you to the book bloggers who have taken time to write and post reviews – and to Jen, for setting up my tour!
Thanks to Dave, who gaily canceled the fun cable channels, magazine subscriptions, and spent down the savings so I could have the time to write. And thank you to my kids, who have learned to cook their own dinners… and how to read manuscripts like professional editors.
Now I have a party on Saturday to get ready for – and you are invited! Bring an (un)healthy appetite – there’s going to be a whole lot of sweetness at Bookpeople on Saturday. 🙂
08/21/2012 at 2:24 pm
Happy Book Birthday, Nikki! I’m basking in your happiness. People, go out and buy this book! It’s marvelous!
08/21/2012 at 2:45 pm
Happy day, Nikki! Looking forward to reading your book. 🙂
08/21/2012 at 3:17 pm
YAY! Congrats, Nikki. Happy Book Birthday, and may it be sweet, but not sinister.
08/21/2012 at 8:13 pm
Wish I could come on Saturday! (Isn’t Tuesday just a crazy day to release a book?)
I hope your day started with a warm cinnamon roll and ended with champagne!
xoxo
Shelley
09/04/2012 at 8:27 pm
This comment was eerie. How did you know?? It DID start with a cinnamon roll and end with champagne. Is this a writer ritual? I lucked into it… 🙂
08/22/2012 at 9:23 am
Love you & so incredibly thrilled! We will c-e-l-e-b-r-a-t-e!
08/22/2012 at 12:48 pm
Happy belated book birthday! I just bought the ebook version and cannot wait to start reading it.
09/04/2012 at 8:26 pm
Thank you so much!!
08/24/2012 at 9:41 pm
Congratulations, Nikki! I see that you and I will be on the Tween panel at the Houston Book Festival in February. Yay! I’m looking forward to meeting you and reading your book – thrilled for you!
09/04/2012 at 8:26 pm
I can’t wait to meet you! Your new book is magical realism – and my next book is, too! We’ll have tons to chat about. 🙂
08/26/2012 at 2:10 am
Congrats, happy (belated) book birthday!