SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO DANCE

No. Not about the sales for THE BEAR WITH TWO SHADOWS.

http://www.amazon.com/BEAR-TWO-SHADOWS-ebook/dp/B004MDLWD0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1297477317&sr=1-1

I'm not saying they're low, but poor Hibbs is having a case of the bends!

But it takes time for momentum to build in ebook sales I'm told.

No, this morning I awoke coughing, feeling terrible with a relapse of that terrible cold that has been going around.

I opened my email box and found :

The Legend of Victor Standish Friday, February 11, 2011 7:20 AM


Hi,

While browsing online recently, I came across the pitch for your YA novel.—It sounded most intriguing! I’m most not sure where you’re at in the process, but at whatever point the book is finished and ready to go, I would love for you to send me your query and the first 5 pages to consider.

Have a great day,

{Agent who does not accept unsolicited queries}

Now, I don't post this to do the Calvin and Hobbes Happy Dance (well, maybe a little) but to say to all of my blog friends out there :

You never know who is browsing online.

I believe the agent browsed on this particular post :

http://rolandyeomans.blogspot.com/2011/02/but-first-things-first-michael-di-gesu.html

The general agreement among blog experts is that no one gets a request from a top-notch agent from said agent just dropping by and liking what she sees.

Sometimes the experts are wrong.

And sometimes you just have to dance.

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Now, for something that a grown-up Calvin might do for laughs :