Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Happy New Year

Well Milestone Press is roaring into gear for 2008. A huge advantage of working for ourselves is that we can take holidays when it suits us, rather than whichever company we are working for.

This year, we are taking the pressure off Annabel's garage and we are storing our books at a warehouse. We email them orders and then they ship them off. My lounge room just won't look the same without 20 cardboard boxes in it..... Needless to say our husbands are thrilled. It also frees us up from this 'menial' task and allows us to focus on building the business. Speaking to stores, handling customer enquiries, strategising what to do next (and next after that!). Very exciting times.

Susan D'Arcy is a talented Melbourne photographer who took some gorgeous photos of Monica and Georgia when they were babies. The photo of Georgia is on the top right hand corner of the second edition of A Book About Me. She recently took some family photos for me, and managed to get some beautiful ones, where all five of us had our eyes open at the same time. A miracle worker!! When I saw the slide show with all the photos that did my beautiful children justice I got all teary. Our trusty Sony digital does a good job, but there is nothing like professional photos. She is running a competition giving away one of two copies of My School Days - check it out at www.susandarcy.com.au/myblog/competition - Fiona