How does one put the Snoopy dance into words? Pure shining, spastic joy :-)
Yesterday morning we were getting ready (running late) to take Clementine to her two-month appointment at the pediatrician when the phone rang. Now, we're great non-phone-answerers. We tend to glance at the number and if we don't recognize it, we usually don't answer. But this had a NYC area code, and what's more, the caller was identified as "NATIONAL BOOK--" (the rest got cut off). So . . . yeah, this was a call we answered!
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!
The National Book Award was not on my radar at all. I'd forgotten it even happened this time of year. Not in my wildest hopes . . . seriously. It never once crossed my mind to hope for this! My hopes for this book were much more modest. I can't say I've never imagined getting one of these kind of phone calls, but it was not in my thoughts yesterday morning in the scramble to get out the door to the doctor's office!
I will write more, but Clementine is not having a good morning. I think she's catching my cold :-(
Thanks for all the wonderful good wishes!
*Smiley spastic happy dance*
:-)
hooray, hooray! So very exciting! :)
ReplyDeleteWOO HOO!!! I shall blog it!
ReplyDeleteCongrats!!!!!!!!!
Happy dance, indeed! Congratulations to you and Lips Touch!
ReplyDeleteHUGE congrats! Lips Touch is amazing and deserves all the praise it gets and more.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! So thrilled for you and the book.
ReplyDeleteJen
Congratulations! That's wonderful news!
ReplyDeleteOver the moon for you. Can't wait to read the details.
ReplyDeleteThat is fantastic! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteWhat'd I tell you :) this is well deserved. That book makes me yearn to be a better writer! I am so happy for you!!!!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow, congratulations!
ReplyDeleteWOW! Laini! That is SO awesome!!
ReplyDeleteYay!!!!! You deserve it, Laini. I can't stop thinking about lips touch. I waited a couple days in between the stories and I loved every second of it. And Hatchling is still stubbornly wandering around my subconcious popping out at random moments. SO GOOD!!
ReplyDeleteI'm a fan. cheering for you!
Congratulations! That is so amazing.
ReplyDeleteThis is such fantastic and well-deserved news, Laini! Congratulations!
ReplyDeletetoo awesome and exciting for words. i still remember when you were talking about this book as goblin fruit in the baby stages of the game. CONGRATULATIONS! what an achievement!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic!! Fantastic!!! Fantastic!!! BRAVOOOOOOOOOOooooooo!!
ReplyDeleteBisous, Elizabeth
How wonderful! You deserve it, darling!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations,Laini!:) Sammy
ReplyDeleteWow!!! Can't wait till I'm old enough to read it! Infinity congratulations!
Miriam
Wow, congratulations. I saw it all over twitter and was grinning from ear to ear for you. You SO deserve it--it's an amazing book!
ReplyDeleteOK. AWESOME!!!
ReplyDeleteYou must win.
You deserve to win.
We will all vote for you.
*Snoopy dancing in Toronto*
Shelf Elf
OMG YAY!!!!! SO awesome! And really, no surprise! You so deserve it and Lips Touch is amazing.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Laini. Now I am REALLY happy I got an autographed ARC at BEA! Yeah me. Got. To. Read. Soon.
ReplyDeleteBut of course. I work at a library and picked up Lips Touch to leaf through but found myself instead standing spellbound for a good half hour on company time...and felt positively cheated when I realized they were short stories. I could have read forever. Congratulations!
ReplyDeletep.s. Was thrilled to realize your Sunday Scribblings connection...thanks for that website, as well!
Congratulations! I saw the announcement on another blog and had to scurry over here to hear it from you! Yippee! The snoopy dance is such a perfect expression of giddy joy! Hooray!
ReplyDeleteHappy dancing with you. I'm so glad I can say I've read it. I'm going to take it with me to Kidlitcon and re-read. Congrats!
ReplyDelete!!!! You must be dancing on the ceiling. That is beyond even Snoopy. Woo-hoo!
ReplyDeleteWONDERFUL NEWS !!! Congratulations!
ReplyDeletetopangamaria
WOW! Fantastic! That's big news. Keep us posted!
ReplyDeleteI am new to your blog but wanted to say congrats. Big news!
ReplyDeleteI feel very au courant because I'm reading LIPS TOUCH RIGHT NOW!
ReplyDeleteI approve of this nomination.
Hee!
Congrats to you both!!!
Lisa
P.S. Aw. My capcha is "wings." :-)
Congratulations! That's fantastic :) LIPS TOUCH is one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteYAAAAYyAYAYAYYAYAYAY!!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats!
Oh, wow, sooooo wonderful! Congratulations! I was already dying to read the book, and now. . .
ReplyDeleteWord verification "sunked"? No, more like "aloft," I'd say!
I am far beyond excited for you!!! Absolutely thrilled!
ReplyDeleteWonderful news! Happy dance for you!
ReplyDelete:)
Congratulations! :D
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Amazing!!!! Can't wait to read it!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Robin
Congratulations! I'm so looking forward to reading the book soon! :D
ReplyDeleteThe whole household is doing a very LOUD hard shoe version of the Irish snoopy dance for you!! So exciting! You are exactly the sort of person I'd like to see representing young adult literature on a national level--talent + heart.
ReplyDeleteWow! You are amazing. Your life is a shining example of success on every level! Thank you so much for being an inspiration by sharing it with us.
ReplyDeletePS: I am reading Shopaholic and Sister, and one of the babies in the book,is named Clementine! "Our little Clemmy."
Congratulations, you deserve this so much!! :)
ReplyDeleteWOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!! Congratulations, Laini and Jim!!! It's a BEAUTIFUL book. (I read the first part, Goblin Fruit, last night and dreamed all about it.)
ReplyDeleteWOW. You must have been shaking at that ped appt!
I'm going to blog about this, if you don't mind. :-)
YAY! *happy dance*
ReplyDeleteIt was only a matter of time before the awards committees came calling - I hope this is the first of many! And, as everyone else has said, LIPS TOUCH is incredibly deserving.
Wow!! Easy to believe, though. I am loving this book!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! This is such wonderful news and I'm so happy for you!
ReplyDeleteSo so so so so SOOOO happy for you, Laini!!! YAYAYAY!
ReplyDeleteOh! Oh! OH! WRITE MORE! HURRY!
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! Can't wait to read the book-- it looks and sounds gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteFantastic!! Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Laini! I can't think of a more deserving book or a more deserving author. I was over the moon when I saw the announcement.
ReplyDeleteMy heart is just exploding for you and Jim. SO HAPPY FOR YOU!! So well deserved!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
ReplyDeleteYay yay yay!!!! I hope Clementine is feeling better so you can bask in earnest!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow! That's TERRIFIC!
ReplyDeleteHope the little one feels better fast! :o(
P.S. My husband bought a bag of clementines the other day and just looking at them makes me smile thinking of her!
This is so wonderful!!! What a honor!
ReplyDeleteI love your Pink hair too. I saw this on the Oregon SCBWI yahoo group!. I think we met once. I am finishing the illustrations for my author illustrated pic book.
Yipeee!!! Good for you!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!!
:-)
-QZQ
Woo Hoo! This is wonderful news!
ReplyDeleteI am THRILLED for you two!!
ReplyDeleteI just finally saw a finished copy of Lips Touch at the Frankfurt Book Fair (they are even signed by you...) and it is gorgeous!!!
Congratulations! What else can one say? Except that you deserve it!
ReplyDeletei haven't read your book yet, but i intend to.
ReplyDeleteand there is nothing in the world that says unadulterated joy better than the smiley spastic happy dance.
nothing.
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSO TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What fantastic news. Isn't it amazing what happens when you can create whole new worlds?
ReplyDeleteBrilliant news!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to you and Jim! I was so excited when I saw it announced and it happened to be when I posted your interview! So happy for you--what a great year you're having!
ReplyDeleteI'm doing the happy dance with you guys! ~Susi Watson
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!! Sounds like a call for celebratory cupcakes.
ReplyDeleteHope you & Clementine feel better soon - though that call had to have helped!
Saw the National Book Award news and felt so great for you. You deserve the recognition and like WOW! Don't think I didn't mention to friends that I'd been on a Cybils panel with a real National Book Award finalist. I feel like with Clementine and now this - you've got a good heaping of joy. good things to good people feels right.
ReplyDeleteLaini, having so far read Goblin Fruit, you deserve this nomination and the award! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteLaini, I was sitting in our room at Hotel Lucia in downtown Portland on Saturday morning*...finally reading Friday's Oregonian...when I saw the article. I was SO excited for you reading about your big news! I thought back to our breakfast meet-up at Doug Fir 3-1/2 years ago (how time flies!) and all that's happened in your life in the ensuing years. I've been mostly away from blogging for a bit, so haven't been stopping by to comment...but I do try to keep up-to-date on your happenings here. Wishing you well and congratulations on a much-deserved award! xo
ReplyDelete[*We were in town because J was inducted into the OR Music Hall of Fame with bandmates from 20 yrs ago.) ;)