My name is Diane Cacciato, although I write and take photographs under my maiden name of Gallagher. At age 49 I completed and submitted my first novel, Greenwich List, and was published by Asteroid Publishing as an ebook. I am working on my second novel, La Bastarda di Santa Genevra (working title), and a photo show called “Living Between Two Islands”, the islands being Sicily and Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada. I am a wife, a mother, a teacher and a librarian. And recently I became a blogger.
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Some distance between your two islands! Some day you must tell me a little more about your publishing ordeal… for that I fear it can be. 😉
Just a short skip and a hop and a very long jump! As for getting my first novel – or rather novella – published, it’s not much of an ordeal. It was the writing of it that was the ordeal. I entered the Three Day Novel Contest. You have 3 days to write a novel. It was a marathon. I barely slept for the whole three days! I didn’t win anything but I thought it was pretty good so I sent it off to a couple of publishers. The second one picked it up but Asteroid is a very small publisher and didn’t have the budget to promote the book so sales have been weak to put it mildly. But, not to be put off, I’m working on #2 at the moment.
I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award – congratulations! 🙂
http://daisyandthefox.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/celebrating-the-new-year-with-blog-awards/
Happy New Year!
Daisy and the Fox
Oh my goodness! I woke up this morning with bleary eyes, got myself some coffee and checked my email to find this nomination! I am truly grateful. You made my day!
That’s so good to hear! 😀
you most certainly deserve it! 🙂
Congrats on your success, Diane! What an interesting and amazing life you have… Cheers.
Thanks Teeny! I feel blessed to have the life I do.
I think you’re right, Diane, we’re two-of-a-kind!
🙂
I’ve never heard of Sicily Island? Congratulations on your award.
Sicily is an island off the toe of the boot of Italy.
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HI ! I would like to welcome you to The WordPress Family by giving you this award:
http://goldyigal.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/welcome-to-the-wordpress-family/
Thanks for following , thanks for being here and I wish you a lovely day ! Hugs!
Wow Goldy, Thanks so much! I love blogging on WordPress – it is such a community. My first blog was on Blogger and it is entirely different here. Thanks again!