A dream, my dream, come true
I'm going to be a published author.
As in a published author in a real, live, honest-to-goodness, bound book. That can sit on a shelf. In a bookstore. Or in a house. That I can show my kids. And they can show their kids. For which we will be having a local signing/par-tay because this (for me) is HUGE. (More on that later).
I have an essay that will be included in a soon-to-be-published "mommy blogger" anthology edited by Rita Arens: Sleep Is For the Weak. Please read Rita's take on how it came about here. The book has been a long time in the making and no one has worked harder to make it happen than Rita.
Rita: THANK YOU. You are made of one million awesomes. I don't know how else to say it.
I'm in great company alongside these lovely and talented ladies and gents:
Amalah
Binkytown
Birdie's New Mexico Time Machine
Finslippy
Friday Playdate
Fussy
IzzyMom
Laid-Off Dad
Mom-101
Mommy Needs Coffee
Mommytrack'd
Motherhood Uncensored
Not Calm (dot com)
Paper Napkin
Rancid Raves
State of Grace
Surfette
Surrender, Dorothy (our esteemed and hard-working editor)
Sweetney
The Modernity Ward
The Naked Ovary
Three Kid Circus
Woulda Coulda Shoulda
Sleep Is For The Weak begins with a foreward by Stacy Morrison, Editor-in-Chief of Redbook magazine.
Our book is now available for pre-order from these fine purveyors:
BookSense (a collection of independent booksellers and my personal preference for ordering copies)
I would love it if you pre-ordered the book so my mom's pre-order isn't hanging out all by its little lonesome. Support your favorite blogger parents! Let's all show Rita just how much all her hard work has paid off!
I cannot wait to have this in my hands.
Pre-ordered! I adore you guys. How could I NOT???
Posted by: NotAMeanGirl | May 15, 2008 at 05:22 AM
Congratulations! That's awesome, I'm so happy for you!
Posted by: Katja of Skimbaco | May 15, 2008 at 05:28 AM
Congratulations, it must be very exciting! Some great writers on that list.
Posted by: Kalyn | May 15, 2008 at 05:39 AM
Congratulations!! This is a book that so many of us are going to want to read. I want it now :) Thrilling stuff.
Posted by: Sharon | May 15, 2008 at 05:47 AM
Congratulations! That is so awesome!
Posted by: Ivy | May 15, 2008 at 05:50 AM
Congratulations!!! How exciting. Can't wait to read it.
Posted by: JAMom | May 15, 2008 at 06:06 AM
Congrats!
Posted by: PunditMom | May 15, 2008 at 06:13 AM
Congratulations - wow, check out that list of contributors - looking forward to reading all of you!
Posted by: Liz | May 15, 2008 at 06:14 AM
Congrats! That is super exciting news!
Posted by: High Heeled Mama | May 15, 2008 at 06:21 AM
Congrats! What a thrill, and what great company you keep!
Posted by: Asha {Parent Hacks} | May 15, 2008 at 06:28 AM
Hi - I just found you through Geoff Livingston's twitter, although I also read about you in the WSJ recently. Wow! You're on a roll! Good for you! I look forward to digging into your site and reading the book.
Blogger books are going to be huge...I just read one by Michele Woodward, who is a coach here in DC. It was nice to lie back on a couch (what's that?) and enjoy that book form-factor instead of squinting at the keyboard!
Posted by: Lynn from Organicmania.com | May 15, 2008 at 06:32 AM
My mom's is out there, too, Stefania!
Posted by: dorothy | May 15, 2008 at 06:42 AM
Wonderful! Many congratulations!
Posted by: hannah m | May 15, 2008 at 07:11 AM
I just pre-ordered three copies! I figured they'd make great gifts.
Posted by: Average Jane | May 15, 2008 at 07:19 AM
I'm so...PROUD! You ARE a rockstar, my Feef. Now I get another reason to brag and a new book to order! Rollin' and-a-goin'! woot woot!
Posted by: Jules | May 15, 2008 at 08:07 AM
Famous! Totally deserving! Yay!
Posted by: cat/bad kitty | May 15, 2008 at 08:21 AM
Way cool Stefania! I'm looking forward to reading it.
Posted by: Kim S. | May 15, 2008 at 08:50 AM
Congratulations! That's great news!
Posted by: Emily | May 15, 2008 at 09:05 AM
Congratulations! I am very happy for all of you!
Posted by: erin | May 15, 2008 at 10:08 AM
How incredibly awesome for you! SO proud.
Posted by: Lisa | May 15, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Congratulations!! You're all great authors! Looking foward to the book!
Posted by: Erin | May 15, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Just to show my current state of mind - I originally read the title as Sleep For A Week and thought, hey! that’s something I can get behind! haha. Congrats.
Posted by: pixie sticks | May 15, 2008 at 11:47 AM
Congratulations! I can't wait to get my hands on it either!
Posted by: VDog | May 15, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Congratulations, that's awesome. Oh and . . .
I HAD NO IDEA THAT KAREN HAD A PUBLIC BLOG AGAIN.
I'm in shock. I love you.
Posted by: Beth | May 15, 2008 at 01:35 PM
Wow! What a great dream to come true ...
Posted by: Mini-et-Moi | May 15, 2008 at 01:55 PM