Printed below are two very exciting e-mails the Disco Mermaids recently received. One went to all three of us; the other went to Jay. Following each e-mail, we’ll tell you what made them so wonderful.
"Are you three going to be at the SCBWI in LA in August?"
Who wrote this e-mail? Lisa Yee, the author of Millicent Min, Girl Genius and Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time. Why did she want to know if we were attending the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators conference? Because she wants the Disco Mermaids to be special guests in her Why Bother to Blog? workshop. On her syllabus, Lisa refers to us as “Authors on the Verge.” Woo-hoo! The other special guest will be Gregory K. from GottaBook (a personal fave of ours!). He’ll discuss how he landed his first book contract because of his blog.
(Psst... Don't tell anyone, but we're still having a hard time believing Lisa actually asked us to do this. I mean, she won the Sid Fleischman Humor Award! Which basically means we wanna be Lisa Yee. All three of us!!!)
Speaking of authors on the verge, the following e-mail may be a sign that Jay’s a little bit closer to leaving his 30-Year-Old Vergin’ ways behind.
"Wanted to let you know that your manuscript arrived safely today; I AM SO EXCITED TO DIG IN. I hope to get to this very soon and will be in touch with you then. Thanks for making my day! "
When Jay gets happy and nervous at the same time, he begins sweating like Eric Carle stumbling into a colored tissue paper factory without his rapid-fire hole punch. And that’s what happened when the above e-mail arrived from an editor at Houghton Mifflin.
We’ll keep you posted…
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What we say will depend on the questions Lisa asks. She has the three of us in her total control...and we don't mind a bit! We just hope she doesn't ask us anything too embarrassing. For example, we hope she doesn't ask...
Ooh, that was a close one.
I'm excited for you!
Hey, how come no one acts that excited about my stuff? It's more like "I received your manuscript. I'll get to it when I have some time to kill." Or hubby's: "Stop nagging me to read your stuff."
Debby, I must apologize. When you sent your manuscript to me for a critique I totally flipped out. I called Robin and Eve and said, "Dudes! I have Debby's manuscript in my hand RIGHT NOW...and she's a full-fledged kick-butt author!!! Can you believe it?!?!? She sent it to ME...not you...ME!!!" And then I e-mailed you and said, "Got it. I'll get to it when I can," cuz I didn't want you to think I go all goo-goo over your stuff.
But I do.
- Jay
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