I am walking around with a big silly grin on my face as I have signed a book contract with C&T Publishers for my book on Crazy Quilting. After much dithering around, as I was thinking of self publishing, I decided the traditional route and the help of an editor was the way to produce the best book for my readers. Basically I think I will write a better book if I work with a good publisher. C&T Publishers know textile type people as they specialise in quilting and creative fiber related books and tools. They publish authors such as Judith Baker Montano, Allie Aller, Valerie Bothell, Jennifer Clouston and Christen Brown so I feel like I am in good company.
So I am feeling energised, I am sure I will learn heaps and I think the process will be work but most important it will be fun! This also keeps me on track as
What will be happening on Pintangle?
I am not allowed to share bits of the book as I write it. I will be still running Take a Stitch Tuesday because that is too inspirational and fun not to do. I will also continue adding to the stitch tutorials on this site. Patterns from and posts about the button box quilt and my sampler will continue. To be honest I am not sure at what rate. I will do them as I can manage them.
While I write a book I find blogging more than a few days a week difficult. If things are a bit quite at times please be understanding. The way I view it is, in the long run, in a decade I will be proud of the book I am working on today, but I will have forgotten the number of emails I answered today, or the blog post I wrote, or the facebook group admin. What is more of an indicator the people I write to, or tend to in the facebook group etc, will have long forgotten too! In fact I think they will have forgotten within months! These tasks will still of course go on (since I am sitting here writing a blog post!) but both the email and the browser will be closed more often as I try to limit distractions while I work.
Ways to stay in contact
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Congratulations. Can’t wait for it to be available for sale.
Congratulations oon your book Now I can buy the book and catch up with the stitches I never seem to have the thread & needle in the same place as the computer
Like everyone else, I send my congratulations, Sharon. This is a wonderful thing!
Congratulations and best of luck with your book!
Great news, congrats!
Big congrats on your news Sharon, you so deserve to feel proud of yourself, so grin away my dear First of many I suspect, can already see them on my bookshelf, with your name on the spines!
Yeah!!!
Love the news Congratulations !
Xxoo
I am in no doubt that this book will be an extremely popular and essential companion to so many people and may I say you are one of the rare people who focus on their goal and follow through with great confidence and expertise!!
Well deserved congratulations, Sharon:-)
Barbara M(Wales)
Thankyou everyone who has left a message it means a lot to me.
congratulations eagerly waiting for the book now, I have 6 crazy books but will definately have 7 soon, wonder when it will be on sale can`t be soon enough!
congratulations
Congratulations! You’ve been a wonderful inspiration for me and now many more people will be inspired by your work.
Congratulations Sharon on the book becoming closer to the selling point and your many, many, happy followers.
For years you have been extraordinarily involved keeping us busy with various lessons, but it’s right for you to drop them, at least (grin) until the book is done. Just too many distractions otherwise.
More congrates ,I shall toast you tonight with bubbles
CONGRATULATIONS, Sharon!! You so deserve it! C&T puts out some really nice books. I hope they print alot because they’ll probably sell out immediately!
Congratulations! I am looking forward to seeing and buying the final product.
What great news! I’m jumping up and down for you. You have earned this and we all thank you so much for your generous sharing. Your work is unique, lovely, and inspiring. To have your book in hand will be a permanent treasure. Grinning in Texas :o)