Current location:	watching the rain fall
Current mood:	jubilant
Current music:	the kettle boiling
Entry tags:	christmas, hope, manuscripts, publishing

Brighter End to a Difficult Year
I won't be sorry to see the back of 2008, to be truthful. It has been full of heartache and disappointment, upset and upheaval.

With the court case due to be settled on the 14th of January, Emma still shacked up, albeit now in a much nicer home, thank goodness, with Garry and all the shamozle of the move up North, it's been turbulent at best.

Then yesterday I got a piece of news that gave me a real lift and added a touch of bling to what has been a difficult year.

The UK publisher, who I sent my manuscript to, has finally been in touch, apologising for the delay and saying they still want the option to publish in 2009!! I had sent them an email asking for the courtesy of a formal notice of rejection to at least put my hopes to rest, but instead they said they hadn't rejected it, just put it on the back burner due to the current financial uncertainty gripping the world.

So I may yet be a published author......it'll just take a little longer, that's all.

I can wait.

So on that note, I'll wish you all a very peaceful Christmas and a hopeful start to the New Year.

love to all

Louise