A dream career?

I remember filling in one of those 'all about me' forms at primary school and in the bit where it asked what you wanted to be when you grew up I wrote author and artist.  Well I've now realised my life's ambition as I'm now both!  Well kind of!

I recently signed a contract for my very first book deal!!!  It was very exciting.  The book is going to be published as a ebook so I won't actually get to hold it. But someone will illustrate it and it will be sold for people to buy and read it and I will have PAL (published and listed) status at the SCBWI and right at the moment this is enough for me!  And if that wasn't enough this story has also landed me in the final of a competition.  I've been featured on blog posts and had my video put on Utube!!  Winners will be announced in a couple of weeks.  It would be lovely to win as I'd get $1500!! but if I don't that's fine too as the book will be published regardless.  Squeelll :)

http://blog.meegenius.com/2014/08/07/meet-the-finalists-sian-mole/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lwcXu6Ngbk

So, on to the artist bit.  This is slightly more tenuous but I've just been offered a job teaching art in an elementary school.  I'll teach all 600 kids over 2 weeks which will come out as 3 days one week, 2 days the next and so on.  I had to juggle the schedule a bit, Yuko (Rachel's mum) will take my 2 to school on Tuesday and on Wednesdays they'll do after school karate, but other than those little tweeks the timings are perfect.  And I get to spend my days in the art room teaching a subject that most kids love without any of the crappy paperwork that goes along with being a teacher.  Hopefully it will be a perfect part-time job however I'm aware I've said this before so I shall reserve judgement until I start on Sept 9th!

Things are coming together...