It used to be, if you googled my name you’d just get a bunch of book reviews I’ve written. I guess Avon FanLit sent out a flurry of press releases this week, and my googlability has definitely increased as a result! Kinda cool.

Sara Dennis, the winner of the Fox development prize, has been in touch with the Fox people already. Good luck, Sara!

In other news, I turned 31 yesterday. For the longest time, I’ve been waiting to mature into a “real” writer. I’ve always wanted to write, ever since I was a child, and I have always written, in one little scribbly way or another. But unlike the wunderkinder Sara Lindsey and Mary Danielson, I just always felt like I was lacking the depth of life experience, the discipline – perhaps the desperation – to really dive into writing as a way of life. Is 31 the magic number? I do believe it is.


8 comments to “Well, Google me.”

  1. Sara
    November 10th, 2006 at 10:24 am · Link

    Happy (belated) birthday!!!!



  2. Sara Dennis
    November 11th, 2006 at 12:12 pm · Link

    An even more belated happy birthday! 33 was the magic number for me, so you’ve got me beat. 😉



  3. Alice Audrey
    November 11th, 2006 at 3:22 pm · Link

    Happy B-Day!

    Alice



  4. LdyBlkny
    November 11th, 2006 at 11:59 pm · Link

    Happy belated birthday, Tessa! And it sounds like a great time to me to get the writing career started!



  5. Mary Danielson
    November 12th, 2006 at 10:33 pm · Link

    And here’s another: Happy Belated Birthday! Hope it was fabulous!



  6. Anonymous
    November 13th, 2006 at 12:30 pm · Link

    Happy Birthday!!

    I, too, have scribbled all my life but started seriously writing in 1997 (and if you can do the math properly) can figure out that I was 35. I have to say I’m a late bloomer in everything.

    Hope you had a great day!



  7. Santa
    November 13th, 2006 at 2:42 pm · Link

    Happy Belated Birthday or should I say Happy Un-Birthday!!

    Any birthday is magical if it finds you doing what your heart desires and what makes you happy!

    Many, many happy returns of the day!



  8. Lenora Bell
    November 14th, 2006 at 8:40 am · Link

    Happy belated birthday, Ms. Dare! And congrats on your googlability (should there be an “e” in there?).