Contract Signed

En route to New York I checked e-mail for the last time, having promised myself a real getaway.  Even left Happy, my laptop, at home.  In my in-box (after over six months of searching for an agent to represent the book I spent a year writing) was a message from the one publisher I had contacted directly:  All Things That Matters Press said they'd like to send me a contract. 

I had visited the publisher's web site and had the feeling they just might be in sync with what I had written.  All Things That Matters Press had published Cassie Premo Steele's first book, so I asked about her experience with them.  After getting a favorable report from Cassie, I queried ATTM with the requisite number of sample pages.  A few weeks later, they asked to see the full manuscript.

After an action-packed good time in the "city that never sleeps" I returned to the peaceful South Carolina Lowcountry and my version of Walden Pond. 

                                           View from NY hotel window at dawn.

                                           View from my window at home.

On September 27, 2011 -- looking out on this amazing lake that keeps me mindful of what's important -- I signed the contract.

I'll keep you updated on progress once production begins; it will be a while before that happens.  And of course I'll be excited to announce when Dancing on Mars will be available!
I'll post a few excerpts here, so please come back.  Meanwhile you can visit http://www.allthingsthatmatterpress.com/  and check out some of the excellent books they have published and the authors who wrote them.