So. Some exciting news, though for some reason I seem to be having trouble figuring out a way to announce it.
Basically, I went ahead and got myself a book deal! And a real live, not-imaginary book deal, at that. It's with Villard, an imprint of Random House, and I'm still not even sure how to contain my disbelief and excitement over this.
Here's what happened: After the AP story came out in January, I got approached by a few literary agents and started seriously considering whether or not I wanted to write a book. To be honest, I wasn't sure. After meeting with some people and stressing myself out about it, I decided to go ahead with it. I chose an agent and began writing. That was two months ago, and I haven't been able to stop ever since.
When I felt I had enough pages to show, I put together a book proposal which was sent out to publishers last week. Villard offered me a deal and I gladly accepted it.
Needless to say, I'm fucking thrilled.
I want to thank you all for reading and responding so positively to this blog. Many of your comments and emails are what gave me the confidence to actually go ahead with this. Who ever thought I'd go from cab driver to "blogger" to soon-to-be-published author in just a year and a half? I still can't quite believe it myself.
Anyway, I plan to continue driving the cab and doing the blog, so if you keep reading, I'll keep writing.
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I'll buy it! Great blog.I love your stories. :D
OMG! Congratulations...Fantastic fantastic news.
Way to go!!
To think... "I knew you when"...
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Long-time reader:first-time commenter here. Congratulations! Comment 405 -- bloody typical, everything interesting happens online when muggins here is off-line!
Anyway, congratulations, and will the book be distributed in the Antipodes?
Congratulations! I have read your blog ever since I rode your cab while maintaining the common touch. I'm sure you remember the $1000 tip.
Keep up the good work entertaining and moving the masses about!
Richard Quick, Esq.
Hey- yours was the first blog I ever read after starting up my own!. Congrats on the book deal! When I first read the blog I was suprised by its quality, especially the photography. You really seem to capture the realism of NY.
Good luck in your new career as a writer :)
Keep up the good work.
I am so thrilled for you! Congrats! You wholeheartedly deserve this and so much more!
Melissa
Have you signed a movie deal yet? Surely it will come.. good work on the blog. I am sure you do not remember giving me a ride in your cab, but you did. Cheers!
Whoa! Great news. I always liked to read your blog, but it is quite a challenge right now)) - white text on black background. Now I'm very excited about the opportunity of getting something written by you in the usual black on white!
Congratulations! This is only the second time I've read your blog and I have really enjoyed reading it. Your voice is colorful and authentic!
you go, cab girl!
congratulations!!!!
i'm so happy for u!!!!
keep up the great work!!!
Rock on NY Hack!
I will buy your book for coffe table reading.
Congratulations. I have only discovered your blog in the last couple of months (from a truck driving forum) but really enjoy it. Good luck.
Congratulations!
I've been reading your blog since I saw it in the news. I keep hoping to get into your cab one day, and even told a french female cab driver about your column, who didn't know about it or even that there was another female cab driver. Anyway, you have a dry sense of humor and are a great representation of our city! Keep it up and I can't wait for the book. Gina
Congratulations you are a great writer and you deserve every penny you make.
That's really great news, congratulations! I read your blog all the time, I love it. Can't wait to read the book
Congratulations and well done. Why am I not surprised, knew you had a book first time I visited. Now thanks to you I'm inspired. Best wishes.
you are really funny. i don't normally read blogs but i read 4 or 5 of your stories.
i wonder if the publisher would consider just publishing your blog...photos and all.
i wish you the best and look forward to reading your book and sharing it with others.
regards,
ris
Congrats. You deserve this. You are a gifted writer.
good for you MP!
Woo Hoo!
I'll spread the word in Seattle about the new book...let us know the title if it changes from the blog!
I'm so thrilled for you! I can't get enough of your blog. And now a whole book is coming! I can't wait. (Oh, the pressure you must be feeling... I am so jealous and at the same time relieved not to have that kind of burden, even if it is a cool one.) That was my aside from the dark side of my personality. Seriously, congratulations!
Saw the AP article in The Guardian Weekly after having returned from New York in mid-March. It led me here, and now I'm hooked. I look forward to your book. Best of luck and congratulations.
Congratulations! The best blog on the net. You truly bring the reality of what it's like living and working in NYC. Can hardly wait for the book............nativenewyorker.ws
love your blog - i live in new york but travel a lot and like to look at your blog to get a taste of the city when i'm missin home :)
Entirely deserved... well done to you!
way to take with force, and demand all that life promises to give us, but never really intends to give...
your story is an inspirational one for sure...!
That's awesome!
Well, I'm another selfishly disappointed newbie jealous of all the people who got to check in with you daily.
How about a few lines once in a while describing what it's like to write your first book?
P.S. What happens if YOU fart in the cab?
Best of luck...
Well done! I just commented in my own blog that you should get a book deal! And lo and behold...poof. I'll buy it and recommend it to others with what little influence I have.
Waaaaay cool.
I enjoy the blog and I couldn't be happier for you and the book deal. Unbelievably great news!
...a fan in Michigan
Hi...great good for you I enjoy reading your stuff...Jim Dayton OH
AWESOME!!! Hope it brings you happiness and wealth !!$$$!!!
Congats! And please post when the book is published, I look forward to reading it!
Little late to this, and I am sorry, but I have been catching up on some of my regular web reading. Just wanted to tell you how excited I am for the release fo your book! This is so great, and I can headly wait to purchase a copy as soon as it is released! Please, keep us up to date, as I am sure that you will. In order to stay in the know, I will now have to try to check back on your blog more frequently than I otherwise have!!!
Isn't it time for you to buy your own domain and get paid for writing? We will support you all the way. Congrats!!!
I can't wait! I love this blog. It makes me want a pizza and a game at Yankee Stadium- feels like home. Congrats, sistah! I tell all my photography students about this blog, so the book will be even better. ***Include pictures- the stories just won't be the same without them!
congrats
I've just back-tracked through your blog and found out about your deal, and I'm thrilled skinny for you. I lurked in blog land for a couple of months before I got my own journal started just a few days' ago, and yours is the one that has inspired me the most. I just hope that I get to read your book over here in the UK.
Don't let them kick the edges off of you, and don't - whatever you do - leave us all behind!!
Congrats from a huge fan in Toronto, Canada. I started reading your blog after the article and love it. Can't wait to buy your book.
Congratulations! The book deal is every blogger's coup de gras? What is a coup de gras? Maybe I mean raison d'etre. Did I spell that right?
congrats on the book deal .. i like the immediacy of your writing style
This is great! Congrats.
Will it be a memoir, fiction, or something else? I love to read travel memoirs, and can see this being similar in style since you're basically traveling all of the time for work and meeting interesting people, as the authors of travel books do.
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