Monday 1 September 2008

Congratulations, Relaxation & My Weekly

Congratulations to the clever and talented, Calistro on her wonderful news, which you can read about here as she now has an agent.

Having seen that the forecast promised a glorious day on Saturday, I decided that nothing would stop me from making the most of the sun. I spent several hours chatting with my mother, who had brought my niece and nephew to see me, whilst my sister moved house.

However, what I hadn't foreseen was that on Friday afternoon, after posting on my blog, my phone rang and a lovely lady from My Weekly advised me that the editor had loved a piece I'd sent in and could they have an extra 150 words and a photo. Naturally, I said, of course they could and spent Saturday afternoon reworking what I'd sent them and making sure that they had the desired word count.

So, though I had already posted about having such a great day on friday, I still had this surprise to come. Even going to work this morning couldn't put the dampers on my mood. Long may it last.

28 comments:

Yvonne said...

YAY Debs how fantastic, I'm so delighted for you! There's so much good news at the moment, I'm loving it and living vicariously through it of course! (Great photo too!)

HelenMWalters said...

Ooh well done. What was the piece about?

Melissa Amateis said...

Surfed over from Shirley's blog...

Congrats on your piece for My Weekly! Fabulous news!

And I love that you have your own place to write in - I want a shed, too! :-)

CL Taylor said...

Yay!! Congrats on the My Weekly sale and thanks for the congratulations and blog mention :o)

Pat Posner said...

Congratulations on the sale, Debs.

Jill Steeples said...

That's lovely news, Debs! Well done! Can't wait to read it.

Lane Mathias said...

Well done Debs!! That's such good news!

And you've got a bumper crop of apples this year I see. Yum!:-)

Kerry said...

Congrats Debs - I'm so chuffed for you! :)

Anonymous said...

Brilliant news Debs! Many, many, congratulations! Can't wait to read it. I'm SO pleased for you. Told you, didn't I????

Jenny Beattie said...

Oooh Debs, more marvellous news. Well done you.

Amanda said...

Wow Debs, that's fantastic news.
I'm so pleased for you! :-))

Jen said...

Wow, so much fabulous news everywhere!

You must let us know when it's in so that we can read it. And a photo too! Woo hoo! You go girl!!

Am right thrilled for you :0)

DJ Kirkby said...

Congratulations!!!! Let me know which month your story is featured so I can buy it please.

Flowerpot said...

Debs that's brilliant I'm so pleased - please let us know which edition it will be in. Hooray!

CC Devine said...

Yippee!! Great news! Not surprised that nothing was going to dampen your mood after such good news.

Deborah Carr (Debs) said...

yvonne - thanks. The apples are wonderful this year. We have another tree but those are green.

helenmh - it was a piece about me writing in the shed!

melissa marsh - thanks for visiting and commenting too. I love the shed, it's a great place to spend hours typing.

calistro - thanks. I'm so thrilled for you, such exciting news.

pat posner - thanks

maddie moon - thank you

lane - thanks. We also have another apple tree and the pears are good this year too.

kerry - thanks

chris - thanks so much. You certainly did tell me. x

jj - thanks

annie bright - thank you.

spiralskies - thanks, I shall tell you as soon as I know. The photo of me is ghastly, I hope it's small.

dj kirkby - thanks, I certainly shall let everyone know.

flowerpot - thank you, I shall.

cc devine - so exciting.

DAB said...

Well done Debs Great News. What photo did you use ? TFx

Karen said...

Ooh, how exciting! I'll look forward to reading it :o)

Deborah Carr (Debs) said...

tom foolery - there's one of the shed (outside), one of me inside (I look 110 years old).

karen - thanks, I'm not sure when it'll be in the mag, but no doubt I shall let everyone know :)

Cait O'Connor said...

Congratulations! That is really good news, let me know when it is printed.

Deborah Carr (Debs) said...

cait o'connor - thanks, I shall do.

Carol said...

That is absolutely fantastic news you talented lady you!!

You'll have to let me know which magazine and when so that I can make sure I buy a copy!!

C x

Phillipa said...

Great news on the article, Debs and isn't there a lot of good news out there this week?

Ray-Anne said...

Brilliant news - many congratulations. :-)

Deborah Carr (Debs) said...

carol - thanks, it's My Weekly, but not sure when as yet. Will definately let you know.

phillipa - thank you. It really is cheery at the moment with all this great news flying around cyberspace.

rayanne - thanks very much. I was so thrilled.

Unknown said...

Brilliant news. Well done, you! It's all good news at the moment. Long may it last!

Tamsyn Murray said...

Well done, Debs! That's brilliant news - here's to many more!!

Deborah Carr (Debs) said...

shirley - thanks, it's wonderful hearing so much great news.

tam - thanks, here's hoping to many more.