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My Dream of Becoming A Published Author: One step closer!

My Dream of Becoming A Published Author: One step closer!

If you know me, I have talked about wanting to become an author, a published author at that. This time a few months ago the dream seemed impossible to me, I thought I was being completely unrealistic.

However, recently I came into contact with a publishing company. Now I don't have a phone, so I just contacted the publishing consultant via email. That went on for a while, and it took forever to get my response.

Last night, I finally got my response from the senior consultant I was in contact with and she said that I needed to contact her by calling her on my phone, which I don't have but I didn't want to tell them that, so, I had an idea.

I asked my best friend if I could use her phone today to contact the publishing consultant and she was more than okay to let me use the phone because she of all people knows how much this means to me.

So we had Maths, English and then after registration, we asked the form tutor if we could stay in the classroom at break time, and he let us. At break time, we rang the publishing company with the number they gave me, and I tried to be professional but I was so nervous and excited! Eventually, I was forwarded to the publishing consultant who I was contacting in my emails, she was actually really nice, she said the idea for my book was unique and she felt surreal to be working with me! I've never been told such nice things about my work before, from a professional! My best friend recorded me taking the phone call, so we can look back on it and laugh at how awkward and cringe-worthy I was. I tried to play it cool like an adult, but I looked up at the clock and saw it was 11:10 am, break time was almost over, so I panicked and just as we were about to go into detail about publishing my book I said:

"Um, sorry something has just come up, I- uh have to go to class right now, but I can call you back- at um (my best friend puts 5 fingers up) 5'oclock? 5'oclock today? Yes okay. Goodbye!"

I completely lost my cool afterward (as if I had it in the first place) and squealed in excitement, and then headed to science.

My best friend and I were both so desperate to call her back, so we asked our science teacher if we could go buy lunch and then come to her classroom early, to call the publishing consultant, but we didn't want to make a big deal to everyone about it, so we didn't tell our science teacher why but our science teacher was fine with us coming back to her classroom early anyway.

We tried to call the publishing consultant again but the line was full, so we couldn't, and yes, my best friend recorded that part too, so we decided to just wait until 5'oclock after school, and in the meantime, watch the phone call from the morning and I was the most awkward person ever in that. I was facepalming at myself, I was the literal definition of a dork! I couldn't even answer the question: "What is your name?" I answered pardon! And the woman said it so clearly as well, my best friend had to mouth to me: "Your name!"

So, we had science in the same classroom after lunch, then I had computer science for my final lesson which was... Interesting... And then I thought I had computer science revision after school until 5:00 pm because that is what the letter we got sent home said, but it turns out the revision only lasted from 3:00 pm to about 4:00 pm, so when I'd done my computer science, I went down to the school library where my best friend would be and she was just waiting and watching some TV show on her tablet.

We decided to leave the library because ironically, it was too noisy, so we needed to find a quiet place to make the phone call again, we thought about making the phone call in the school toilets but they were too echoey, then we tried to search for some more places and eventually found a small table in the corner of the top floor of our school, near some lockers. I sat on the table and my best friend sat on the floor, because she likes the floor (her words, not mine ;P) and we decided to call the consultant earlier than I had said, and we explained that I had got out of class earlier than I thought I would have and I was then forwarded to her, my best friend was recording the whole of the call with her and it lasted for about 15 minutes!

The consultant was really pleased with my idea and said it has the potential to be sold globally and adapted into a series or a movie! I was shell shocked me and my friend both made surprised faces at each other we were over the moon!

If we could use this publishing company to help publish my novel, then I'd have a whole team backing me!

But the only problem is that it costs a lot of money, and my family aren't exactly rich. Once the consultant brought the topic of paying for the 'publishing packages' I decided to no longer hide my age and just tell her I am 16-years-old so getting a large amount of money would be a huge struggle for me.

The consultant lady was surprised that I was still a minor and she told me that she believes God will provide for me because she believes I have the gift, skill, and talent of writing and she thinks I stand a high chance in getting published.

The only obstacle I have to jump over is finance.

In the end, the consultant lady wished me well and said goodbye. That left me and my best friend to figure out how to earn some money.

We came up with the idea of a GoFundMe page, which my best friend is helping me set up, and she is writing a huge paragraph for me about me and my dream of becoming a published author. I haven't seen it yet because she wants me to see the final piece, not a work in progress.

(WARNING: MAJOR CHEESY STUFF AHEAD)

Honestly, I am so lucky to have a best friend like her. She has supported me throughout all of this, whether it be letting me rant to her about my story, letting me borrow her phone and now she's even helping me set up a GoFundMe page! Seriously, I am so glad I met her last year, we've had some crazy times together, figuring out how to microwave rice, watching Marvel movies, ranting on endlessly to each other about pointless things, I feel like I've known her my whole life. She is definitely coming with me to these author conventions or if I get invited anywhere, she is a true friend for certain and I intend to know her for the rest of my life! I just wonder: 'what did I ever do to deserve her?'

She wants to go into illustrating or creating comic books, she has such an amazing imagination and I cannot wait to see the notes she sends me, and if I get in with this publishing company, I'm taking her in with me so they can listen to her awesome ideas, see her amazing artwork and nobody can stop us!

I feel like I haven't written enough about her, and I haven't if I wrote enough about her my hands would stop working from all the typing and I'd run out of characters, and it'd be too long for anyone to read. If I had to describe fully describing her in one way it would be pi because I'd be going on infinitely ;)

(CHEESY STUFF ENDED)

I have to raise at least £800. Because I would like the least costly publishing package:

My Dream of Becoming A Published Author: One step closer!

This costs £799, and I don't have that kind of money and there is no way my parents can get that money any time soon, we're not the royal family believe it or not. ;P

My best friend is setting up the GoFundMe, she will email me when it's fully set up! :)

If we can raise this money, my dream of becoming an author will begin to become a reality!

Thank you for reading this MyTake! I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking for donations because I am but that's not the only reason I'm writing this MyTake, what has happened today has uplifted me and made me so happy, it's unreal. If you can donate that would be great (hey I rhymed) but if you can't because like me you have no money, (rhymed again) please try and spread the word to someone who does! Today has been a brilliant day! I hope it has been for you too! I will post the link to our GoFundMe page as soon as my friend emails me with it set up. I was so enthuisatic about writing this I even pulled out my laptop and began writing this MyTake at school, but then my best friend's mum came to pick us up, so we had to leave and I'm home now and I have a cheese a pickle sandwhich waiting for me, so I have to go, once again thank you for reading I can't wait to hear your opinions, goodbye! :)

My Dream of Becoming A Published Author: One step closer!
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