tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post8792161325377363954..comments2024-03-01T00:32:17.498-05:00Comments on Read Write Believe: "I discreetly bolted out of the ballroom" Valerie Patterson on the sale of her first novelSarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-57658756599121030982008-09-03T13:29:00.000-04:002008-09-03T13:29:00.000-04:00yeah Val, I've been trying to email. I'd heard abo...yeah Val, I've been trying to email. I'd heard about your book sale and decided to google you and found this! I'm so excited for you!Beckie Weinheimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17661557175410917100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-34521766242493816902008-08-27T15:00:00.000-04:002008-08-27T15:00:00.000-04:00I love hearing these stories, too. Congratulations...I love hearing these stories, too. Congratulations, Valerie! And thanks, Sara.de_scribeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556702929504922414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-71154958525766503942008-08-26T15:28:00.000-04:002008-08-26T15:28:00.000-04:00congrats, valerie! revel in it! and thanks for int...congrats, valerie! revel in it! and thanks for interviewing and sharing, sara!cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175698109176599954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-59442801461381542662008-08-26T15:10:00.000-04:002008-08-26T15:10:00.000-04:00I love that title.I love that title.Jules at 7-Imphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439756778611468303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-81633335592688489162008-08-26T14:57:00.000-04:002008-08-26T14:57:00.000-04:00I love hearing those stories. Thanks for sharing.....I love hearing those stories. Thanks for sharing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-29243494155483701972008-08-26T14:18:00.000-04:002008-08-26T14:18:00.000-04:00Thanks for the story! I'm in that rut right now, b...Thanks for the story! I'm in that rut right now, but my mantra for today is "be determined," so things WILL work out...eventually. ;-)Amber Loughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12374291005610549082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-67626060232550820532008-08-26T12:15:00.000-04:002008-08-26T12:15:00.000-04:00Thanks Sara and Val! It is truly inspiring to hea...Thanks Sara and Val! It is truly inspiring to hear about those awe inspiring moments. It gives me hope . . .Elise Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205799699628024211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-69348945156018551382008-08-26T10:35:00.000-04:002008-08-26T10:35:00.000-04:00Yay, Val!!!!Yay, Val!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-12306958899440173902008-08-26T10:20:00.000-04:002008-08-26T10:20:00.000-04:00Congratulations! And you didn't say, if you re-en...Congratulations! And you didn't say, if you re-entered the ballroom, but if you did so discreetly you have a lot more restraint than I do!Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277260387578439327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-60208434374137435492008-08-26T08:28:00.000-04:002008-08-26T08:28:00.000-04:00I love reading these success stories! And oh, wasn...I love reading these success stories! And oh, wasn't it fun to imagine her "discreetly bolt[ing] from the room"?<BR/><BR/>So...can I be your roommate next year? <BR/><BR/>:)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497282445428286554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-43819434780534516492008-08-26T07:46:00.000-04:002008-08-26T07:46:00.000-04:00Oh, yay!I was at the ophthalmologist when my agent...Oh, yay!<BR/>I was at the ophthalmologist when my agent called me -- I had a brief and surreal conversation about eye exams -- and then I had to go back and sit tamely in the waiting room when I wanted to jump around and boogie. What a great thing to experience!tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-47640312820798205702008-08-26T07:27:00.000-04:002008-08-26T07:27:00.000-04:00thanks Sara!!! You're right. I do love to read t...thanks Sara!!! You're right. I do love to read these stories.<BR/><BR/>Can't wait to read Val's book.Katie Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067504634291164972noreply@blogger.com