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CONFESSIONS released, yay!

September 1st, 2009 by Kathleen Bolton

Today is the big day!  CONFESSIONS OF A FIRST DAUGHTER has released!

I’m going through a welter of emotions.  Pride, anxiety, wonder.  I had a blast working on this project, and I hope the fun that I experienced writing it will translate to the target audience, teen girls.

And I hope it does well in sales.  If it does, then Harper Teen might consider other books in the series.  I’ve grown fond of the characters, especially after working on book two (I delivered revisions this morning after an epic week of writing — welcome to the glamorous world of publishing, Kathleen), and I’d like to see them live again in the pages of fiction.

Later today I’m going to go to my local Borders to see it on the shelves.

Surreal!

Thanks to you all for being so supportive of me through this project. It’s meant the world to me.  Our WU community is fantastic!

ETA: my DH sent me the link to Good Reads, and CONFESSIONS is on it! Nice!

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13 Responses to “CONFESSIONS released, yay!”

  1. on 01 Sep 2009 at 8:10 am   Kristan

    YAY congrats!! And good luck!

  2. on 01 Sep 2009 at 8:20 am   Therese Walsh

    Woot! I’m so happy for you, Kath! Congrats!!

  3. on 01 Sep 2009 at 8:21 am   Juliet

    Woo-hoo for you!!

  4. on 01 Sep 2009 at 10:27 am   Deb Salisbury

    Congrats!!! I hope you sell stacks and stacks!

  5. on 01 Sep 2009 at 11:21 am   sarah pekkanen

    Congrats! Take pictures of yourself in the bookstore and enjoy!

  6. on 01 Sep 2009 at 11:50 am   thea

    i’ll go over to the bookstore to get a copy today!! congratulations, kathleen!!! t

  7. on 01 Sep 2009 at 1:59 pm   Kathleen Bolton

    Aww, thanks you guys. I’ll post a cheesy photo of myself next to the bookshelf. :-)

  8. on 01 Sep 2009 at 2:13 pm   Kim

    Congrats! I can’t wait to read it.

  9. on 01 Sep 2009 at 3:13 pm   Ray Rhamey

    Double-woot! Let’s see the cheesy photo!

  10. on 01 Sep 2009 at 4:15 pm   Sophie Masson

    Fantastic, Kathleen! Welcome to the mad and exciting world of teen publishing! Hope Confessions reels ‘em in! I’ll certainly be ordering my copy!

  11. on 02 Sep 2009 at 1:13 am   hair straighteners chi

    Congrats!!!

  12. on 02 Sep 2009 at 6:26 am   Meryl Evans

    Mazel tov!!! We wanna see the cheesy photo! I vote yes!

  13. on 03 Sep 2009 at 10:43 am   Lorna Suzuki

    Congratulations, Kathleen! Although your interview is no longer the featured post on my Authorsden.com blog page, I’m still getting readers taking a look and learning about your debut YA novel! All the best!