Exam results and optimism!

Well, it's been another busy couple of weeks!

The GCSE exam results came in yesterday, and 100% of my evening class achieved  A* to C grades, with 44% getting an A! Well done one and all!! There were also two A-graders among my other group, one of whom really deserved it, but personal circumstances around exam time meant that her grade was in doubt, as her mind was (quite understandably) elsewhere. I am so, so proud of her, and wish her every success for the future! I gather that she wants to become a teacher... Good luck to her!!

The local library have finally got back to me, and it wasn't the outcome I'd hoped for, but it has opened a few doors, and provided a good deal of food for thought. Quick fixes are fine in the short-term, but the opportunities on offer are of a longer term nature, so should prove to be more sustainable. In short... It's all good!

I have also been in contact with my 'dream' publisher this week. After a long-winded wild-goose-chase between departments, I finally got in touch with someone who could actually assist me with my query. My query being "Why have I heard absolutely nothing, after almost a year of waiting, about the manuscript I sent you??". Once Lorna (the lady who eventually ended up dealing with my query) was on the case, things moved along quite quickly - what a total super star!

Sadly, the speedy response was a speedy 'Thanks, but no thanks'.
That's fine! This is not the dead end that it appears to be (I think I have mentioned before that I always view the glass as half full rather than half empty).

My proposal had been passed from pillar to post among different people in different departments before it was dutifully tracked down by the lovely Lorna. Her correspondence was friendly and efficient, despite a small bit of 'Americanisation' ("the editor hasn't gotten around to it yet", as opposed to "the editor has not yet had an opportunity to review your proposal"), and after a few light hearted e-mails about the effects of watching too many American movies (films, for the Brits among us), Lorna was very supportive in providing me with the contact details for someone in an alternative division of the same publishing house.

My priority for next week will be to re-address the covering letter which accompanies my manuscript, to make its product placement within the vast expanse of written material which can be found in book stores absolutely clear. My Rhyming Science proposal could be a massive money spinner for both myself, and the publisher who has the Huzpah to take it on!

Optimism is the way forward!