But the highs are wonderful. Acceptances, holding a book baby in your hands for the first time, seeing your name on a book in a real life bookstore… And I must say, I can’t imagine wanting to be anything other than a children’s book author.
Still, none of those highs really prepared me for the wonderful rush I am feeling today. See, today, the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) announced the shortlist for the annual Children’s Book of the Year Awards, and much to my surprise and delight, I’m on it – or rather my book, Pearl Verses the World is on it, shortlisted for the Younger Reader’s category.
Congratulations to everyone else whose books are on the shortlist, and also on the CBCA’s Notables list.
And, as I said already today – wahoooooooo!