Wow! It’s Wednesday! Teenage Wish Fulfillment
It’s weird, because a lot of 32 CANDLES is about reconciling what you wanted as a teenager with what you get as an adult. Well, I can still remember reading excerpts and features on books in Essence as a teenager, and hoping that one day one of my books would make it into my favorite magazine.
Well, Essence remains my favorite magazine. Where else can you find ideas for both natural and relaxed hair, fashion tips for all body types, and features on black women, praised for being everything from glamorous babes to savvy nerds?
Still, I’m pretty sure it was the teenage me that screamed and acted a fool when my editor, Dawn Davis, told me that 32 CANDLES would be featured as Essence Book Club’s Book of the Month for their July Issue, which will hit newsstands in mid-June.
My father is still fond of telling me that “If you can dream it, you can make it come true.” Sometimes it feels like I’ve been fighting him on this proclamation all of my life. But the older I get, the more I believe.
And I just might tell my daughter the same.
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I am so ridiculously happy for you! I'm running out of ways to say it. Totally amazing and well deserved. I cannot wait to read the book!
I am so ridiculously happy for you! I'm running out of ways to say it. Totally amazing and well deserved. I cannot wait to read the book!
I have already told you this, but I am so very proud of you! Though I am not surprised, I have always had ever faith that you would be an roaringly successful writer!
I have already told you this, but I am so very proud of you! Though I am not surprised, I have always had ever faith that you would be an roaringly successful writer!
Congratulations! Being part of any big book of the month is huge, but the fact that it's specifically your dream? Phenomenal!
Congratulations! Being part of any big book of the month is huge, but the fact that it's specifically your dream? Phenomenal!
That is just awesome news!! I'm proud of you, so very proud! It's great to see these dreams coming true, gives me hope for my own!
That is just awesome news!! I'm proud of you, so very proud! It's great to see these dreams coming true, gives me hope for my own!
Next stop….OPRAH! ; )
Next stop….OPRAH! ; )