My Blog Gets National Exposure

I was anxiously awaiting my new copy of School Nutrition Magazine. I was at a friends house last week and I saw her copy had come in her mail. That was Wednesday. On Saturday, my copy came in the mail. I sat down to look it over, page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and page 8. Page 8 has a section called NEWS BITES. I was reading along and there was in gold (see the insert on the right) three pieces. I read the first, then read over to the second middle piece and I see Life of a Lunch Lady and my www.lifeoflunchlady.blogspot.com website. At first I was like OMG, somebody else has a Life of a Lunch Lady thing going on, then I saw the website address and I thought somebody else has a blog address like me, then HOLY CRAP!! THAT'S ME! (Yes, I know, not the brightest bulb in the house) Well, let me tell you, it took a few seconds for my brain to adsorb the fact that this article was about me. I screamed! AHHAHHHH. I jumped up and started crying. I ran outside with the article in hand to show my husband, who by the way, was running to come see why the heck I had screamed. He's is yelling, "what's the matter" as he runs over to me. And I, in tears, say, "My blog information is in the School Nutrition Magazine, they did a piece about my book and my blog". I was so excited. It was one of the most exciting things that has every happened to me. I hadn't even read the article yet, but I was running around wanting to share the great news.

Let me tell you how grateful I am to School Nutrition Magazine for mentioning my blog and my book. I am soooooo grateful! Truly! Is it a coincidence that I heard from a lunch lady from Missouri who so graciously sent me some stories? I think not.

I had sent School Nutrition Magazine an email telling them about my blog and about the book I am working on. I never heard anything so I thought that they were probably not interested. I had also sent our local School Nutrition of PA newsletter an article about a promotion I had come up with and our school district did. I never heard from them, however they too had put my article in the Action Update Newsletter. I admit that since I had that piece in the Action Update, I was hoping that School Nutrition Magazine might have something in the magazine but, I couldn't have dreamed it better.

I sent an email out to all I know who follow my blog and my book adventures. National Exposure! I am hoping that as lunch ladies all over the country read their magazine, (By the way, it is the September 2008 issue) they will see my name, blog web address, and read about my book and want to share a story or two with me. Please, Please, if your reading this, I would love your story. How about telling me what you like most about being a lunch lady, how about what you dislike? We all have a story to tell, let me put it in print for you!

I had been feeling a little pessimistic about my book as of late. All the details about putting a book together is daunting. Book proposals, editing, agents, publishers, stories, stories, stories. Until this good luck! (I believe you make your own luck though). All the articles, writing journals, and books about publishing a book have been sitting on my cedar chest all summer. I didn't do much of anything with them. But now, I have a renewed passion to start working on it again. This book is truly going to happen. The Universe is aligning all the stars for me. All I need now is a publisher willing to take a chance on me and my book. And, if not, I will self-publish it.

Like I said in my email to all, Vegas here I come. Las Vegas is where the National ANC 2009 Convention will be held. June 29-July 2nd. (School Nutrition Conference) I hope to be on my book tour. Look for me! I'll be the one signing my books.

Life is good, all is well.