Fangirling

Some days this writing quest makes me feel like beating my head against the wall. Today is not one of those days. Today is the opposite, where I get so excited and bouncy that my coworkers aren’t sure what to do with me. (One looked at me like he wanted to packaging tape me to my chair. Because we don’t have duct tape here.) I can’t tell you all the details because I’m not sure if I’m allowed to (*steals a glance over shoulder, wary of blog police*), but I’ll tell you what I can.

I got a direct message on Twitter this morning from an author whose book I tweeted about sometime relatively recently. (Too many adverbs? Maybe. Hyper here. Too vague? Too bad.) When I’d read this author’s book, I’d loved it so much that I wanted to share, hoping to convince everyone else to read it, too. This author back then read my tweet …and asked me now if I’d like to help promote the next book in exchange for some awesomeness. Um…YES.

I had to stop and think for a few minutes before I sent a message back. What was the best way NOT to sound like I was so fangirl excited that I couldn’t hold still? In the end, I went for something semi-casual with a big THANK YOU (well, thank you!) at the end. Next step, the author asked me to send some personal info via email. Done.

Aside from a huge (HUGE) fangirl moment, what does this mean for me? This is the first time someone has asked me something like this. A year ago, I never would have imagined this could happen. Remember (or not, if you don’t follow me regularly), before last summer I’d never heard of the Twitter writing community and didn’t have any writer friends. Now, this opportunity means another writing connection, this time with an author whose book I love. I’ll get to show others this amazing book (and author).  I’ll also have another chance to get my name out there more. I’m not saying it’ll help me with my own publishing quest…but it could, and that’s good enough for me.

That said, that’s all I have about this for now, but I’ll be sharing more as I know more. I’ll try not to fangirl too much, but I’m not promising anything.