Thursday 26 October 2017

Spotlight Award for Tea & Chemo

If you held my hand when I had cancer, showed me it wasn't all bad -
If you sent me a message because you'd read a blog post and it had helped -
If you shared my posts, commented on Facebook, retweeted or liked -
If you told me I should have my blog posts published in a book…
… and said it again when I laughed.
If you are reading this now - 

Thank you!

Because of you I put on my big girl pants, thrust back my shoulders and submitted the idea for a book: It's Not All Bad, to Urbane Publications. And there we were, two days later, the husband and I, a year after my diagnosis and travelling to a cottage in North Yorkshire for a cheeky weekend away, when an email arrived from Matthew Smith, Publishing Director.  

He liked the idea, actually, he said, 'love'. He 'loved the idea'; I nearly smashed the windscreen with my squeal. 

And so it was that Tea & Chemo was born.

Without you all, the book would still be a figment of my imagination. And yet, here I am, very chuffed and rather stunned to learn that Tea & Chemo is the winner of the Live Better With's inaugural Spotlight Award for Best Cancer Book.


Please join me - the cyber bubbles are most definitely on me!

10 comments:

  1. Absolutely fantastic and so very very well deserved! Not surprised at all! And so proud of and for you ! You desreve this! Hope there's a
    great celebration to come.....

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    1. Bless you, thanks my lovely! Celebration's coming although, alas, J is currently stuck on the M1, miles away... sparkly is in the fridge, though ;)

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  2. Brilliant, congratulations, so well deserved, another excuse to celebrate Christmas this year?!!! :))

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  3. Sometimes we don't get what we deserve in life & you have certainly been dealt a bad hand sweetheart but this is one thing you truly do deserve .. I've read it & so have many others who I've passed it in to - and yes it's truly deserved !

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  4. Bless you, Emma. I don't think anyone's path through life is totally smooth is it! (We'd get bored... maybe not ;)) But thank you, it is a massive silver lining of having cancer that Tea & Chemo came from it and seems to be enjoyed and helpful. Beyond my wildest dreams, really.

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  5. You really deserve this Jackie, you're a brilliant writer and I'm thrilled that you got it! Congratulations.

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    1. Mandy, I don't know what to say to that! So I shall just say, thank you, that's very kind of you :)

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  6. Keep treading those paths my lovely!! You're doing great Things for all!!! Thank you xx

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    1. Thank you, Shaz, really kind of you to say. I feel a bit of a fraud, other people do way more than me, but if I can help in anyway then that has to be a good thing, doesn't it! Thanks for taking the time to comment x

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