Shutter Sisters book!
Monday, September 13, 2010 at 02:48PM We got home late Sunday night, then yesterday morning Emily wasn't feeling well. So I spent the day patting her little back and trying to type with her head on my neck. Honestly, it was bliss. Not that I like it when my kids are sick. But it's nice to hold them for more than two seconds without them running away. Especially when you've been gone for a week.
And then look what was waiting in the mailbox!
YOU GUYS. I know I'm biased, but this book is so BEAUTIFUL. I spent all day staring at it, petting it, being amazed that I was lucky enough to be a part of it. And I'm not saying that to sound modest. Last year when when we were writing this, it was during one of the most stressful periods of my life. I was working 16-20 hours a day, routinely going to bed between 4 and 5am. I'd taken on way too much, but nothing was expendable. So I was half-assing my life, feeling like an absentee mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend, you-name-it. There were so many moments I thought I was going to really crack. During one of them, I emailed Tracey through tears to tell her there was no way I could meet the deadline for my chapter. I felt like I was failing at everything. Then she emailed the sweetest note to say that she wasn't going to let me go that easily.
Knowing the women who were contributing, I knew the book would be incredible whether I was involved, or whether I wasn't. So her words meant a lot. And her confidence was enough to make me pull my puddle self off the floor to keep going. Because dudes, I'm not even going to front. It was HARD. I've never seen myself as a writer. I love fragments and run-ons, and I routinely abuse bland adjectives like "awesome","amazing" and "totally". Is "totally" even an adjective? To make matters worse, I find it really hard to write about photography (which is why I don't teach workshops). I know after fifteen years I must know some stuff about taking pictures. But when someone asks me about it, the only thing I can think to say is, "Umm... just click the shutter a lot and delete the bad ones." Sidenote: In the book, I managed not to say that even once!
So this is my long way of thanking Tracey for letting me be a part of this. And not just the book... the whole amazing (see? still too lazy to pull out the thesaurus) community.
The publishers sent me two copies. I'm guarding one with my life. But if you want the other one, you can enter to win here. You can also ORDER IT HERE.
And while I'm thinking about it, don't forget tomorrow is the last day (for the year!) to purchase an Epiphanie bag with the discount code!
Paris and London photos and stories soon. Right now I'm trying like a mofo to get caught up before I leave again on Friday. (So excited!)
*Just looked it up and "totally" is an adverb. I'm sure you were on the edge of your seat about that.
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So entirely awed and proud.