SSTT is LAUNCHED!!!

I can now tell everyone my news, including revealing the title for Book 1 in the Super Secret Title Trilogy, because..... [insert drum roll here] I SOLD MY FIRST BOOK TODAY!!! Here's the official blurb that just came out in Publishers Marketplace:

FICTION: WOMEN'S/ROMANCE
Shannon McKelden's VENUS ENVY, about a goddess-turned-fairy godmother who isn't about to let any reluctant Cinderella get in her way, to Natasha Panza at Tor, for their new chick lit line, in a nice deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world English).

OMG! I get to play with the big kids now! I feel like, you know, when you were in kindergarten, and the bigger kids let you play with them, and you weren't sure they would like you, but you really, really wanted them to!

Now, I'd like to thank all the people who made this possible.

• My incredible agent, Deidre Knight, who is SOOO going to the top of my Christmas list this year!! You're the absolute best, D!
• To my new editor, whom I've never met, but can't wait to work with, Natasha Panza of Tor!!
• To the Goalkeepers: Christina, Serena, Erin, Barb, Kelli and Cara...you guys make my life more fun than I could ever have imagined! We have had lots to celebrate the last month, and I hope this is just the beginning of lots of great things to come for all of us!
• To my wonderful husband, who came home from work today, just to bring me 3 dozen roses, and who has supported me through more years than I can count. 1-4-3!
• To my great kids, whom I love more than life itself.

Okay, sorry....they're playing the music to cut off my thank-you speech. I'll have to quit now. Plus, I'm getting teary-eyed again, and I've done so much of that already today that I have a raging headache. Snort.

I'm sure I have much more news to come in the near future though!!