Sure, I'd seen the image dozens of times before, but there's something very special about holding it in your hands for the first time. Somehow it looks different (though still crazy cute!). For me, the best moment was this:
It's been a dream of mine to have a book published ever since I was a little girl, and to finally see my name on the spine of a book... well, my eyes might have gotten a little moist. I'm only saying they might have, mind you, cos as we all know I'm tough as old nails. Ahem.
Not only that, but as @barbarascully pointed out, I'm sharing the front cover with non other than Marco Pierre White! Ulp. It might sound bananas, but that had never really occurred to me before. It's a good thing I'd just eaten, or I might well have fainted :)
O'Brien Press have an amazingly talented in-house designer (looking at you, Emma!) who took the vague ramblings that passed for my attempt at describing how I pictured the layout of the book, and produced THIS!
Pastel... Pretty...!
Anyway, enough of such gratuitous self-congratulation. I shall flagellate later in atonement.
The important stuff - where can you buy this wondrous tome? And when? Well, it's available on 10th October, though you can pre-order now, and the book is available from all of these fab places:
and loads of great bookshops all over Ireland and the UK!
Tune in tomorrow for some more utter fabulousness from a really wonderful person! Until tomorrow, you'll have to guess who that is :)
Whoop, whoop and whoop some more. CONGRATS lady - this is such an amazing accomplishment. You should be very, extremely proud and then a bit more proud. Brilliant. You're an inspiration. x
ReplyDeleteWhat a good looking book! Many congratulations on your exciting accomplishment. :)
ReplyDeleteBook looks fantastic – especially like the inside pages. Can't wait to buy my copy! :-D
ReplyDeleteJANE TRAVERS - take a bow! We watched conception and gestation on Twitter... and now to know that a safe birth of TWEET TREATS has finally happened. and by all accounts mother and baby are doing great!
ReplyDeleteYou are some grumpy ole wench for one grumpy ole wench!!!! Ha ha
Yay! Have preordered my copy and can't wait.
ReplyDeleteHurray!
Wow you lot are fab! Thanks Hazel, Marisa, Catherine, Barbara and Ruth for such lovely words and wishes. Just goes to show, a little bullying can go a long long way ;)
ReplyDeleteWoohoo!! Oh God, I can't imagine how you're feeling! The biggest, hugest, most ginormous congratulations!! Can you believe that it's finally here? It was fantastic to see the whole thing progress from that first twitter conversation about food - well done you for persevering and seeing it right through to the end. You've done brilliantly and you should be very proud. And a very important fact - your generosity in donating the royalties to such a fabulous charity as MSF will benefit so many people. I salute you!
ReplyDeleteOh, and just so you don't think I'm getting soppy on you or anything, I second what Babs said, you're a grumpy ole wench!!
Maria x
Thanks Maria! Especially for reminding me that I'm a grumpy old wench, cos today I'm in serious danger of forgetting that :)
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