I’ve just signed a contract with a publisher for my latest project and I'm over the moon. This will be my first book for adults so I needed to find a publisher that specialized in literary fiction for adults. Now or Never Publishing from Vancouver will be publishing my new book in the fall of 2020.
The book is called “Songs from a Small Town (in a Minor Key)” and is comprised of 12 linked stories, each told from a different point of view. It’s about a bizarre affliction—a mysterious movement disorder-- that effects only girls in a small farming community, and the ripple effect this has on the rest of the town.
I found out that Now or Never wanted to publish my book while I was en route from Victoria to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. I’d been looking for a publisher for a few months so when I checked my email in the Vancouver airport and read the first line, “We like this book.” I had to read it over and over again to believe it. I was so excited that when I boarded the plane I told the stranger sitting beside me. “Mazel tov!” he said, and then insisted on buying me a drink to toast the occasion.
Some people say that finding a publisher is like winning the lottery. It certainly feels like that. And I call that a reason to celebrate!