catching some Z
November 20th, 2007 @ 5:39 am
since i am still in my brain funk, i thought i’d share some good news with you guys before the holidays!
as you know, the book i am working on, mad church disease, will be released in february 2009.
i haven’t publicly (via blog) announced WHO the publisher is…
but why not today?
i am officially a zondervan author! woot!
the team there is amazing and they ooze creativity. they truly see this book as something that is needed in the church today! their excitement about the project keeps refueling my excitement about the project. i am so pumped to have such a strong partner for this adventure.
i am also VERY grateful for my agent beth jusino from alive communications. without beth’s knowledge of the industry, her passion for young writers and fresh ideas, and her willingness to hand-hold a rookie author, i would probably be neck-deep in things i don’t understand.
so those are a few things for which i am very thankful!!
what are you thankful for?
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Carol said,
November 20, 2007 at 6:53 am
Anne:
This is totally amazing….Thank you for sharing this phenomenal news! This makes our Thanksgiving!! Oh good grief!!! And time is going to go by fast because your book will be a best seller world-wide to all of us who have labored so long in the ministry! I’m thankful for YOU!!!
Jason Curlee said,
November 20, 2007 at 8:49 am
AWESOME Anne…I can’t wait to read it.
My family, friends and I am also thankful for all the pastors blazing the trail out there.
Mary DeMuth said,
November 20, 2007 at 8:55 am
Hooray! Welcome to the Zondervan team! And hooray for Beth. I’m so glad that all worked out. She’s held my hand these many years!
DetzelPretzel said,
November 20, 2007 at 9:50 am
Sweetness.
I too am a Zondervan author. Mine isn’t really all that official though. Really what I mean by Zondervan author is that I write notes in the pages of Zondervan books.
Now that I think about it…I’m not so sure I really am a Zondervan author. Dangit.
Vanessa said,
November 20, 2007 at 9:58 am
Congrats! That is so exciting :)
John Ireland said,
November 20, 2007 at 10:07 am
Hey, Anne ~
Congrats, again! I, too, am PUMPED about this project - for how you will grow through it and because so many of us will reap benefits from it. :)
Sooo…I am thankful for a God who loves me unconditionally, but still challenges me just when I need it; and, am thankful for an amazing wife. :)
Mark Jaffrey said,
November 20, 2007 at 10:15 am
Well done Anne, that is really an accolade. God wants this book and the ideas and the subsequent conversations to get out to the widest possible audience.
Jenn Cady said,
November 20, 2007 at 10:28 am
Hi Anne !
First time responder! GREAT Web site! I love the Raw factor!
CONGRATS on your book!!! I am thankful that I am not where I used to be (in all terms )and I am thankful that I am still pressing on to be more!
Robin said,
November 20, 2007 at 10:42 am
That’s fabulous. Those Zondervan people are pretty smart it seems!
Anna said,
November 20, 2007 at 11:08 am
Zondervan is a great company. It’s so exciting that this is happening! It must be hard to know that it’s not coming out for another year.
I’m thankful that Thanksgiving break begins tomorrow… or officially tonight, after I finish babysitting and cleaning and packing. :-)
Girl Gone Wild said,
November 20, 2007 at 11:26 am
Wow…congrats! Thats incredible…
..thankful for a filthy house to have to clean, dirty little clothes to wash, and hairy dogs to clean up after. {…read with mucho sarcasm…}
Jon said,
November 20, 2007 at 11:37 am
Awesome Anne! Congrats. Zondervan’s great. that means you’re a real writer now! :)
Jenn said,
November 20, 2007 at 12:02 pm
congratulations, what a privilege! i can’t wait for the book to come out!
Anna said,
November 20, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Congrats! I love Zondervan’s books. I hope you can share some things with some other rookie authors!
Scott Williams said,
November 20, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Sweet!
Terry Foester said,
November 20, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Anne - sweet news, can’t wait to read it. Zondervan is cool to me because they published Shane Claiborne, that had to be a risk.
I’m mainly thankful for my wife and my 3 hooligans (Eli, Eden and Silas).
Plus I got my hair cut and styled today, so I’m feeling a little cooler than I really am.
Later!
Terry
Sean Pritzkau said,
November 20, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Congratulations!
Jenn said,
November 20, 2007 at 3:48 pm
I’m thankful that I will be in NYC tomorrow.
Beats being in Tennessee hands.down.
(And the new photo is fabulous!!!)
Happy Thanksgiving!
Jenn
Nathan Hov said,
November 20, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Congrats Anne can’t wait to read your book.
Avery said,
November 20, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Looking forward to it!
Kristiapplesauce said,
November 21, 2007 at 1:35 am
I am thankful for going home in 10 days. Woo Hoo. I like your hair.
Elle Pyke said,
November 21, 2007 at 8:17 am
Congrats on the news! That IS something to be thankful for!
I am thankful for today, and everyday that I get to wake up, and live this pretty cool life all over again.
Karen Campbell said,
November 21, 2007 at 9:12 am
Congrats, Anne, welcome to the Zondervan family! Looking forward to working with you!
nooc said,
November 21, 2007 at 11:08 am
So now that you’re connected I have this manuscript I’d like to send you… :)
Congratulations Anne. Looks like these Zondervan folk have an eye for talent.
allison said,
November 21, 2007 at 7:14 pm
congratulations!
(I was thinking you’d be a good fit for Zondervan!)