BIG NEWS!!!!
And so after weeks of annoyingly vague Facebook and twitter status’ of secretive meetings in London (sorry about that!!!), I can announce my big news!
I have signed with wonderful agents Peters, Fraser and Dunlop and I am writing a book!!!
Since I was a little girl, I have always dreamed of being a writer. This was squashed out of me when my English teacher at school told me I would fail all my exams and would never be a writer. (I went and told her my great GCSE results grinning, thinking she would congratulate me. She didn’t.)
My self belief and confidence took a battering when I became a teenage mum, I became convinced that everyone looked down on me and that the teachers at school would be laughing “I told you so” to one another. As my friends went on to University, my life became a never ending cycle of nappies, feeding and sleepless nights. With a husband who worked away for nine months a year and three kids under 5, my career choices felt extremely limited. I also LOVED being a stay at home mum when my bambinos were little and so the dreams of being an author drifted further and further away.
The success of this blog has astounded me and pushed me forward, it gave me the confidence to put myself out there and through the help of friends I met with the bloody brilliant Nelle Andrew, who after a few meetings decided she would like to represent me and took me on as a client! I am blown away, I can’t believe that I am getting this opportunity and I will grab it firmly with both hands!!
So what next? My book proposal is being edited, rearranged and critiqued by Nelle and I am working my socks off to perfect it before we start sending it off to publishers. Really excitingly, there are a couple of publishers already VERY interested and so life as an author begins!
Peters, Fraser and Dunlop is one of the longest-established literary and talent agencies in London and I am thrilled to be working with both Nelle as a literary agent but also the Media and Public Speaking departments and so I hope that the So Bad Ass message will spread wide and far and that I can make a real difference. (I think TV needs more bolshy, northern, plus size bad asses, don’t you?!!)
I want to thank you all so much for your support, love and messages. The reason I write is to make a difference and to help others and the book will be an extension of this, I can’t give too much away right now but it will be a book about love, kindness and battles and it will be dedicated to every one of you that are So Bad Ass.
Love Sam xxxxx
How exciting! Congratulations 🙂
Fantastic news! I can’t wait to read it xx
Congratulations!! That is exciting!!
Well done!
Congratulations that is fantastic news xxx
BIG congratulations and will definitely be buying meself one…….can’t wait to hear when it’s out 🙂 x
Wonderful news! Huge congrats from across the pond =)
Thanks so much x
I am soooo happy for you! You earned it!
Thank you xx
This is amazing news!!!! Well done!!!!
Congratulations Sam – really happy for you! You’ll have to let us know when your first book signing will be 🙂 x
Wow, wow, blinkin’ WOW! So totally and utterly thrilled for you! You’re a fearless, brave, inspiring writer and you so deserve it. Enjoy every minute of your success and as soon as that book is coming out, I want to hear about it! 😉 Well done lovely lady. Well done indeed xxx
OMG! Sam this is amazing news! You know I’ll be one of the first to grab it when it’s out, right? 🙂 I know I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again – I’m SO proud of you! 🙂
Thank you so much love!!! X
Fantastic news!!!!! Huge congratulations!
“The success of this blog has astounded me and pushed me forward, it gave me the confidence to put myself out there ”
Dunno why. It’s bloody good writing. Seems natural you’d go on and do more.
Magazine articles too? Thought about Standard Issue? Just up your street, and vice versa.
Heck if I can write a book, you can Sam.
Thank you xxx
Oh wow! Fantastic news. Looking forward to hearing more about the book.