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"I got the reply via email, sometime in the overnight hours. It was waiting for me when I checked, first thing this morning.  I have been accepted, and will be pitching my book to a room full of writers and agents in New York in a little less than three months&amp;#039; time.  Holy cow. This is serious now. Stuff just got real. And, of course, my first disparaging thought is &amp;quot;What have I gotten myself into?&amp;quot; and my follow up thought is &amp;quot;Maybe they sent me the email by mistake?&amp;quot; Shut up, Brain. I need you with me on this. Together, we&amp;#039;ve got to polish up this book and get it ready to shine and then we can say we did it. And this conference will be a great learning experience, regardless of the outcome.  There goes that brain again. Trying to tell me the outcome before I even get there.  I&amp;#039;m going to deliberately over-ride you, Brain, and listen to my heart on this one. And my heart is whispering, &amp;quot;What if everything goes right?&amp;quot; What if. Scary words. Good words. Exciting words. And I&amp;#039;m commandeering them for the next three months. Readers, you&amp;#039;re coming with me. Can a single working Mom with two jobs and two kids and two cats and all the chaos that comes with that actually do this? You bet she can. Just watch me. Have a great weekend, everyone! I&amp;#039;m going to be writing!!! [Follow Ellie on Twitter and Facebook] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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