I don't even really know where I left off last... I know I made cookies (which are in the freezer because even though Matt had to try them, and even though I looked all over the place for freakin' mint extract, he ate two and then said he was getting serious about dieting) and I know I announced my very first aquisition. (Which become official on Monday! More about that in a bit.)
Let's see... Matt finally saw The Dark Knight on FRIDAY. And we had some really great Thai food. And SATURDAY I made a veggie stack for our late night dinner after spending the day exploring Harlem with Constance. (Yay, another friend living on the island!) It was basically just roasted veggies set on couscous. And chicken. And I made the dressing that went on it. Very simple... and Matt may or may not have cut all the veggies and cleaned the chicken the night before to eliminate the possibility of me cutting my fingers off. I'm going home Friday night and I have to admit... I'm actually kind of bummed that I won't get to make dinner this weekend. Who would have thought?
SUNDAY was pretty uneventful save for some freelancing (turns out chia seeds are getting pretty popular...). Then, some awesomness occurred.
MONDAY
- The cookbook girl agreed to all contract negotiations and she and my publisher signed the contracts, making my first acquisiton 100% official!
- I was assigned my very first novel! I reviewed the first few chapters of a manuscript a few weeks ago and highly recommended we publish it. In my review, I said I'd love to work on it. The publisher decided to pick it up and told me I'd be editing it. I emailed the author to introduce myself and tell him what I thought of what I'd read so far and he called me as soon as he received the email to thank me and tell me how excited he was. It's a novel about a retired basketball coach who loses his wife to cancer and has to deal with starting his life over alone. It's really well written and I can't wait to work on it for the Spring 2013 season.
- The publisher called me into his office at the end of the day to give me more information about the novel and he told me I'm doing a really great job. I got all bubbly and stupid, but was able to thank him for the compliment before I totally embarrassed myself.
- Went to dinner in Soho with Constance. The weather was beautiful, so we ate on the roof of DBK. Small bill, good food, poor service... but whatevs. We spent the rest of the night walking up and down Canal Street and Broadway, ducking into shops and commenting on fashion trends. She's trying to convince me to get a pair of dwarf hamsters (look how cute!!). She has them and they're adorable. Matt keeps telling me no because I'd be too heartbroken when they eventually died. He also said, "We can barely take care of ourselves."
- I woke up to find the cookbook author/blogger had posted a huge announcement about her upcoming book. She was so excited. When I forwarded it to the woman in the office who helped me through the acquisition, she replied and said she got tears in her eyes reading it. (You can read it here if you're interested.) It kind of gave me some clarity. Sure, I want to some day earn my own book deal, but in the mean time, if I can offer deals to other people and help make their dreams come true (Seriously.), then I'll be more than happy.
- Another editor forwarded me a proposal for a book about how to physically beat writer's block. She said it wasn't really for her and told me if I wanted it, I could review it and attempt to acquire it. I definitely like it, and it'd be really awesome if I could get it for us. I just need to go through the process again: review, report, pitch, contract negotiations.
- Movie and dinner with Andrew. Hope Springs was... okay. I was definitely not the target audience. But dinner was good! Tapas... I think it was Italian? I'm not entirely sure. The star of the show was dessert, though. So freakin' good.
- Tons and tons and tons of work to do. Deadlines set for two early spring books and one is way more complicated than the other. (Reprint/update/revision/expansion vs. Public Domain) I actually had to request help from an intern today—something I didn't really want to do just yet. I don't want anyone to think I'm pulling rank or can't handle things myself, but it's really hard to do my own work when I'm constantly doing the "assisting" part of my job for everyone else. But, that's the job. And I do really like it.
- On Tuesday, I submitted an announcement of my deal to Publisher's Marketplace. Today, they sent out the daily Deals newsletter to every professional with a subscription. Part of it looked like this!
- If you click the link to my name, it takes you to my very own page on Publisher's Marketplace. I was told that this may mean people may start submitting proposals directly to me. The more titles I acquire, the more proposals I'll get. The more proposals I get, the better the chances that maybe someday I can work as an aquisitions editor at a bigger company. Or... the better the chances I'll meet other editors who may want to someday acquire something I write!
- In addition to this awesomeness, Chatti was in town with a friend to go to a few museums. Andrew and I met her at Central Park and then we went for dinner. She's moving across the country soon. :( I'm skipping this topic.
TOMORROW, Matt's parents will be in town! Which means as soon as I'm done here, I have to start cleaning. I brought work home to do tonight, but I don't think I'll get to it. Matt said he'd do most of the apartment since he's off tomorrow, but requested that I put my clothes away in the bedroom. Which, I suppose, is an appropriate request lol.
FRIDAY after work, I'll be heading back to the W-B. I have plans nearly all weekend, but I'm most looking forward to seeing my grandparents. I haven't been home in a month. Should be a good weekend!
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