I Am AWESOME!

I might have an exciting new job! We had a guest speaker in my publishing class two weeks ago, a woman who runs a company out of her home that's a sort of....membership group/provider of various services for independent bookstores and library buyers and so forth. She puts out a yearly catalog of children's books, to help said members decide what to buy for their stores/libraries, gives out a yearly award, and organizes a big snazzy dinner. The website is www.abfc.com, if you're interested. Anyway, she's having a baby, and needs an assistant to work from home answering her email and returning phone messages and various other tasks, while she takes her maternity leave. I think I'm going to be the one to get it! Because the only competition is a really aggressive and overworked woman in my class who's always stressed out and intense, and at my interview today, my possible new employer said that I seem much calmer, and that's something she's looking for. ;)

The bonus is, on June 1st I get to go to a big fancy dinner at the Copa Cabana in Manhattan with all the publishing bigwigs and famous children's authors!!!!! I am SO gonna take advantage of the networking possibilities.....