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Happy Release Day To A Thousand Perfect Notes!

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My little book is officially out in the world today and my entire mind is just !!!!!!

I’ve dreamed about this day for so so so long that now it’s actually happening, it’s all still so surreal! Although this is the UK release date and Australians and New Zealanders have to wait till the 12th. (SORRY, BUT REMEMBER I’M WORTH IT.) But it’s officially: A Thousand Perfect Notes is in stores and shipping and in houses across the world and…I can’t even.

I CANNOT.

Insert me looking starry-eyed and shellshocked…and so so SO SO HAPPY.

Every time someone sends me a photo of it in a bookstore…or them reading it…or saying how much they loved it…It’s absolutely and completely incredible. UGH EMOTIONS. There were so so many years I thought I would never get here, but look!!

Look!! I did it!

Writing often feels like a lonely thing since it’s mostly you staring at your computer screen and shouting, “WHY” several times very loudly into the void until the void finally has enough and shouts back. (10/10 recommend for someone to talk to. The void seems nice.) But actually there’s so many people to thank?! I’m such a cliche, but IT’S TRUE. And I already gushed in the acknowledgements of my book…but just…

…thank you to my agent, Polly Nolan, for pulling me out of the slush pile and championing my books. I seriously have a super agent who believes in my work like nothing else and I am so thankful!

…and to my editors at Orchard / Hachette Children’s UK, Megan Larkin and Rosalind Macintosh! And the rest of the team! For falling in love with my book and making it 100 x better and being just the general best! My publicists, cover designer…LOVE YOU ALL.

…to my parents, who always supported my dream to be a writer. Which is huge, really. I am so lucky! And about 14% of thankfulness to my five siblings because n o n e of them have read it, but I did learn how to bicker with siblings from them and put that in my book. So at least there’s that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (Although to the ones that have preordered…you can stay.)

…I’m going to thank cake because I can’t be stopped.

…NO thanks to my dog. Who leaves the room when I try to pet him and thinks my entire bed is his and I am still missing a sock what the heck did you do with it. Stuart in the book is YOU.

…and a Specific Classical Musician (won’t say the name because it’s a bit of a spoiler for my book!) who I listened to on repeat in my teendom until my mum literally took the CD off me.

…to my critique partner, Emily!! Bookstagram Pastel Queen!

…and Maraia (and Sebastian!) for all the help translating the German!

…and just generally Maraia who suffers through reading so many bad drafts of so many books and who is just an incredible friend. I can’t even. You are the best. All our endless texts and book discussions mean the world to me.

….and you. I mean, look at you all. You’re reading this post. You’ve probably read MANY of my posts. You’ve cheered my blog, my social medias, my photography, my snippets, the time I threatened to sort cereal into Hogwarts houses, and my millions of typos because, even now, I pretty much can’t spell. THANK YOU, MY BLOGGING FRIENDS. You are incredible and supportive and it means the worlddddd to me. I’m actually gushing. The Vulcan piece of bread has fallen. I hope you’re happy.

  • I wrote a post on my publishing journey and I was VERY EMOTIONAL.
  • A Thousand Perfect Notes is listed amongst the “romance bestsellers” on Book Depository AND it’s ranked 224…I don’t remotely understand the rankings there, but out of the thousands upon thousands of books, that seems pretty freeeeeaking awesome?!? (It’s not really a romance though but THANKS ANYWAY, BOOK DEPOSITORY.)
  • Move over fanart I have FAN CAKE, which is literally the peak of my author life.
  • People on instagram have been sending me SO MANY PHOTOS and my heart is so so full!
  • It’s literally out in bookstores?!? ON SHELVES. IT IS ON SHELVES.
  • SHELVES
  • IN A BOOKSTORE
  • MY ACTUAL DREAM
  • Someone messaged me this and I just !!!!
  • My blog tour is being lovely!!
  • No Safer Place = why I wrote A Thousand Perfect Notes and the inspiration behind it
  • Once Upon A Bookcase = interview with my cover designer + some looks at early drafts which is sO COOL
  • A Whisper Of Ink = interview with me and the COMPLETELY NICEST REVIEW
  • And more coming!! I will be tweeting links!
  • My book is featured on Kobo’s picks of the month!
  • Incredible reviews have been pouring in! I’m really terrified I won’t get a chance to thank everyone?! I want to! Your support is absolutely amazing. I would give you all the cake of the planets. I know it’s easy to think, “Oh Cait has a big blog, she’s fiiiiine,” but seriously it’s the little reviews, the tweets, the preorders, the constant cheering that actually makes this all happen.
  • (And if you’ve done reviews on your blog, please put them up on retailer sites too!! It makes an amazing difference for me! Like Amazon, B&N, Waterstones, etc.!)
  • I’ll be doing a Twitter takeover and Chat on @DateABook on the 12th! This is so cool and I’m totally nervous ha! Be there if you can, I neeeeed you!
  • And on the 11th I’ll be alllll over Hachette NZ’s instagram page for the day, doing snippets of my writers life + so many colourful explosive photos.
  • You seriously can’t get away by this point.
  • My book is featured in a book box! (Click here to know which, but you will get spoilers for the box, obviously!) It even got an exclusive edition (sprayed red edges!) and I signed hundreds of book plates and am still reeling that this dream came true omg. STOKED.
  • And my instagram challenge is finishing up on the 7th but you can STILL JOIN IN! The hashtag is #1000perfectnotes and all the details are here. I’ll leave it running for a few days for latecomers! Winner gets an annotated copy of my book. The final day is for posting a picture of ATPN (or just the cover on your phone if you don’t have a copy yet!) and I’m hoping it gets a bit of buzz (!!!) which will make this world 1000 x better and I will probably climb the walls, but that’s ok. Chill is to be had by no one anyway.

Here are a few questions I get asked quite often! But feel free to ask me things anytime. You know I don’t bite! I mean well I do bite but it’s only a small bite and sometimes people get hungry ok don’t worry about it.

 

Why did you write A Thousand Perfect Notes?

My stories always come from a huge tangle of ideas. I am forever collecting shiny pieces of inspiration and then working out how they can all fit together. For ATPN, I wanted to retell a classical composer’s life…and maybe add in a bit of a genderbent Cinderella. I wanted to talk about music. And passion…and obsession. I wanted to talk about self-worth and friendship and annoying loveable sibling relationships. I wanted to write a book of contrasts, where it’s sometimes dark and bleak…but also warm and hopeful. I wrote a book full of emotions and intensity and I’m so proud of it.

 

What made you keep pursuing publication?

I don’t think I have the hardest publishing journey of anyone on the planet, for sure, BUT !! it was stressful for me. It was long (5 years since I first signed my agent) and I ate several brick walls and wanted to quit a lot. But my #1 dream in life is to walk into a bookstore and see mY BOOK on a shelf. And honestly I am a fiercely motivated Slytherin so I don’t lose my ambitions till death do us part, basically.

 

Easiest vs hardest thing about this book?

Since it’s my debut, there were a LOT of learning curves in the editing. (Trust me, book 2 has already been easier because I know how it works!) So all the little changes (and then never remembering what stayed/what went) was really hard. Also being on submission FRIED MY NERVES TO SATURN AND BACK. The easiest parts? Writing it was actually really fun and not as terrifying as I thought it would be. Watching it grow into a Real Book™ was incredible. Seeing the cover. Knowing it was at book fairs. Having industry professionals say they LOVE IT. Never never never going to get over that my little book that I wrote with half-frozen fingers because it was so cold in my house and had NO IDEA if anyone would even remotely like it — is a real and loved book. I just !!!!!

!!!!!!!

REALLY JUST !!!!!!

 

Biggest loves vs fears of it being out in the world?

I’ve already gushed about seeing people reading it, seeing it in photos, having people tell me it meant a lot to them (!!) So those are my biggest loves. Also, won’t lie: would be tooootally down for it to be a bestseller, turn into a movie, be published in 17 countries, and have no one mention in my signature that my G looks like a 6. (It DOES but shh.) Anyway all those last things have NOT happened. But I can dream.

My fears are all just the cliches! That everyone will hate it (BRAIN, IT’S NOT TRUE!) and honestly I sigh at how some people write August off as a “manic pixie dream girl.” I shouldn’t say anything much once a book is out, it’s out. It’s yours to interpret now! I respect that fully, believe me. But August gets dismissed because she’s happy. That kind of sucks lol lol. (If she was a boy, she also wouldn’t be critiqued for being happy. I see @ you sexism.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) August doesn’t cure Beck, she doesn’t save him, she doesn’t show him how to fix his messed up life. You know what she does? She tells him he’s worth fighting for. She takes him out for cake because he’s upset. She makes herself a safe space. That’s called friendship. 

Anyway I love these two called Beck and August. I LOVE THEM. I’ve been on this journey with them for 3 years and finally they get to find their way out in the world. I AM hAPPY FOR THEM.

 

 

My beginning blogger years were full of me standing atop a box (because I am rather short) saying, “I am taking over THE WORLD.” And everyone smiled and humoured my joke. But look. Look. My book is in dozens of countries. In bookstores. In homes. On kindles. On shelves. Who’s to say I was joking? 

Thank you THANK YOU for supporting me and coming along on this journey! I know I show the sparkly parts a lot, but trust me, there’s blood and tears and hard hard work behind this, and I’m so freaking grateful for everyone who’s helped and believed in me.

I’m pretty freaking proud.

also I’m exhausted I’m going to go melt into the carpet now lmao it was nice knowing you

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  1. I’m so proud of you, Cait! I’m excited that this is just the start of your writing career. I’m ry excited to read it and I’m so glad I didn’t require from the livkisher because I get to have a final copy and it’ll be so cool to see your words in actual paper. You totally deserve this, please celebrate!

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  3. I can’t read your whole post at the moment since I am at work right now and then they expect me to do actual work – I know, right? – BUT, I need to tell you how happy I am for you. How proud of you I am, because you did pursued your dream, took no short cuts, and didn’t give up.

    And I also have your book waiting on my kindle to read when I get home :o)

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  4. CONGRATULATIONS CAIT! I can actually picture you talking to the void. Um I do that a lot too. The void and I are bestfriends. Anyway, I can’t wait to get a hand on your book. I really hope you get everything you wish for—making the bestsellers’ list, a movie adaptation, unlimited supply of cakes, etc.

    YOU CAN DO THIS. WE’LL SUPPORT YOU ALL THE WAY, OKAY?

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    • AWw, RAIN, thank you!! And the void and I are getting pretty close these days. Lots of random screaming. Afjdkasld but yAS THANK YOU!!! DREAMS COME TRUE.💛 So cliche but true 😂😂😂

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  6. HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY, ATPN!

    So happy for you Cait and I need to stop reading your posts about it because each one makes me more excited for it but it’s not here yet and probably won’t be until next week at the earliest and I can’t deal T_T

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  7. I totally called August a MPDG whoops but I did love the fact that she was happy so can I be forgiven please. HAPPY RELEASE DAY ♥♥

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    • AHHH BEEEEE!! And your flails have been amazingly encouraging. 💛 I’m so glad I can be on this journey with you and like !! waiting for the day where I am holding your book too!!

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  11. HAPPY RELEASE DAY!!! Congratulations! I’m so, so excited to read it (especially now I’ve read those little snippets!) 🙂

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  12. Yay! I’m so excited for you! Well done Cait, I feel like a very proud follower right now😂 Cannot wait to read it!!

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  16. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -all the confetti and cake-

    I can’t even imagine what it feels like for you right now (can I please live vicariously through you? XD), but this is SO freaking amazing and awesome!!!

    Also, totally not surprised that this was how you planned on taking over the world.

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  17. Congratulations!!!!!! WOW!!! You’ve worked hard and i hope today is a special memory for you.. I’m awaiting your book from Amazon!!! Looking forward to it!!!

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  19. Happy book birthday to you Cait. So happy for you. I’m excited to read this book and the next one coming up next year. Congratulations. Have a great release day and eat lots of cake cause you have earned it.

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  20. 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🎉🎉🎉

    Congratulations!!!!!!!! Your book is out and about in the world and I cannot wait to read it!!!!! 😁😁😁 Super super happy for you, Cait! And I went and read the discussion on how your cover was designed and it’s SO COOL! I like how it represents all the themes of your story without being really obvious!

    So, in short: FANTASTICAL JOB!!!!

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    • THANK YOU!!! I’m so so excited I can only flail ahhh!! (And omg I LOVE my cover so much but I had nothing to do with it so can’t take credit lmao. But my designer was on point right?!)

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  21. YAS!!
    I cannot wait to read your book!!
    I fell completely head over heels for your writing style when you were on wattpad and had that stabby ghost and library story, which of course my brain is being dumb and not remembering the actual title, but that one!!
    *throws confetti*
    *hands you cake, and a crown*
    Yay for your first step in taking over the world!! 📚😊 all hail the empress of cake and Dragons!!

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  22. CAIT. You are now officially 100% a author. You have a book out. Your small paper child is out in the world. You have poured in blood, sweat, and tears and now there’s a book with your name on it and that’s kind of amazing.

    I’m so proud!

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  23. I might not have been there since the very beginning but….I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO SAY EVERYTHING IF CAPITAL LETTERS, LOL. Just….I’m really happy for you. I love watching other people succed, especially those who deserve it. And you girl deserve a whole symphony. Or two. Or three.
    “Writing often feels like a lonely thing since it’s mostly you staring at your computer screen and shouting, “WHY” several times very loudly into the void until the void finally has enough and shouts back.” This is me rn LOL. But I have hope. And I’m having fun with my characters, so that’s the important thing 😀 Again: CONGRATS AND HAPPY RELEASE DAY

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    • EEEEP!! I’m flailing so much, thank you for being so so nice and leaving the best comments !! And just being so supportive!! I loooove it. 💛💛

      And having fun is really important, and I’m also rooting for you to achieve your writing dreams!!

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  24. I’m so happy for you, and I hope the book is extremely successful in the world. I might get my copy of it today. The postal tracking number says that it’s in my country, but I’m not entirely sure where. *Sigh.* I did have lot of fun with your Instagram challenge, though.

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    • Aww, AJ, YOU’RE LOVELY.💛💛 Everyone’s support is just so overwhelmingly lovely, I CANNN’T EVEN!! (Also hopefully your copy comes soon!!) And thank you so much for joining in the challenge!!)

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  25. I literally started crying while reading this I’m so happy for you!! And I am going to see if I can get that crate. I WANT YOUR AUTOGRAPH.

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  26. HEY CONGRATS AND HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY!!! My Book Depository order shipped a few days ago but I am endlessly confused when it comes to the tracking charts and which days you count after dispatch and numbers ahhhhh, so the book could end up at my house today or in the next few days? Who knows! But I will devour it once it gets here and probably flail and leave many, many five-star reviews everywhere. SO EXCITED.

    I can’t even imagine what it must be like to see reviews for your book and see the cover on shelves in actual bookstores, omg, what a thrill! I would totally be down for a movie adaptation, too, so here’s to hoping. *crosses fingers*

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    • KAAATE!! DID I MENTION THAT YOU’RE THE BEST!!😍😍 *sends you all the cake* It’s so freaking surreal, I tell you. I can’t even believe I actually got here?! Like so many years of waiting/working. 😂😂 I’m going to pop, I swear. AHHHHHH.

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  28. Congratulations on becoming a published author who murders now millions of people with words! I’m so excited to read your book and going to see if I can get it into a library where I live in America so that way even more people can have access to it! Cannot wait to read it!!!!!!

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  29. This was the best post 😂😂 I love that you’re finally taking over the world. And DANGIT I went into Dymocks today on the way to work like omggg it’s gunna be there but oops okay, I wait until the 12th *sigh* honestly, as if we don’t get it first! *stomps foot and sticks tongue out at the universe*

    Although that being said my pre-order is going to arrive soon. EEEEEEEEEE. Bring on the Instagram photos awww yeaaaah.

    So proud of you!! It’s so exciting to see all the effort you put in actually turn into something magical like a real book 😍 I bet there are an endless number of your followers all starry-eyed and inspired because YOU DID IT! *fireworks in the background*

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  30. Congratulations Cait! I can’t imagine how amazing it must feel to finally have your book out in the world and people are loving it! One of my dreams has always been being a published author, so it’s nice to see these success stories and know that it CAN happen even if it takes a million and or two years. I’m so buying your book as soon as I have the money – thank goodness for The Book Depository since I live in the U.S.

    -Lauren

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  31. Happy release day! I wish you success and many more books (and lots of hysterically funny blogs)!

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  32. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! I am anxiously watching my mailbox for my book, should be any day now! Wouldn’t it be cool if it showed up on release day? =) And thank you for being an inspiration on perseverance. I’ve been writing for 10 years, and have no plans to stop. You’re an example that if you work hard and don’t give up on your dreams, they WILL happen. Wishing you the best release day ever, with SO MUCH CAKE!!!!!!!!!

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    • AHHHH I’m hoping your book has arrived now afjkadls thank you so much for ordering it. 💛💛 And omg I’m rooting for you to reach your writing dreams too! It’s frustrating how slow this industry is and breaking into it, but like WORTH IT WHEN WE GET THERE!!

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  34. I am so excited for you and anxiously waiting for my copy of your book to arrive. You are quite literally inspirational, and I look forward to watching your career. Congratulations!

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  35. I’M SO HAPPY FOR YOU, CAIT! I CAN’T WAIT TO READ YOUR BOOK, I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I SAW THIS IN MY INBOX THIS MORNING!!!!!!!!

    Also, this is my first time commenting on here, so, hi! I’ve been silently stalking you forever. >.<

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    • Awww, thank you SO MUCH for also commenting!!💛 It’s really lovely to *meet* you!! (sends you welcome cake) Also super hoping you like ATPN when you get to it!💛💛

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  36. OH MY GOODNESS I was reading this post when the door bell rang!! And my mum was like come downstairs this might be it!! And it was!! I’ve finally seen this beautiful book in the flesh!! IT SO SHINY AND SMOOTH AND I HAVENT STOPPED PETTING IT.

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    • OMG THAT MAKES ME SMILE SO MUCH!! AND ON RELEASE DAY TOOOOO. Thank you, Simi!! You are so endlessly lovely and encouraging and just afjdkslad I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH!💛💛

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  38. Congrats, Cait!! I’m so proud of you (and I don’t even know you, so.) You’re book looks super awesome – aesthetically and wordly – and I’m definitely adding it to my next books-to-order list! 😀

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    • You totally do know me. 😉 *sends you cake* BLOGGING FRIENDS!! And afjdklsad I’m glad you think it looks awesome. 💛 I’m so so happy to hear that! (Seriously the actual most encouraging thing haha.)

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  40. Oh my WOW. I have been following your blog AND Beautiful People for so many years now, Cait, and while I did disappear off the face of the Earth for a while (ugh, college), I came back to this pleasantly beautiful surprise. I am so happy for you! YOU PULLED IT OFF OMG, you’re an inspiration to all of us writers out here.

    YOU GO GIRL. I’ll definitely be picking up your book sometime soon. Congratulations! <3

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  42. Glorious day! Whatever happens from this point, you can know that you are proud of your baby as you send it off into the world. It’s so terrifying and beautiful at the same time because you are so proud of your characters for stepping out on their own but also freaked out that they’ll be murdered? I feel like it’s probably very similar to being a human parent with your kids leaving home. I haven’t experienced either thing of course, but they sound the same to me.
    Anyway, so much love, Cait, I cannot wait to meet your children!!! And the cake!!!

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    • YES YES THIS IS EXACTLY IT!! Like I *know* not everyone will like it, but it’s also terrifying knowing it’s definitely going to get some 1-star reviews at some point haha. But like the majority of people are loving it and being SO FREAKING SUPPORTIVE and I can’t even! I am so lucky and ajfdksla I know the best bloggers. <3 💛💛 Thank you so so much for all your kind words!

      MY SON IS OUT IN THE WORLD LOOK AT HIM GO

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  43. Cait, I’m so super happy for and proud of you! (That was an awkward sentence, but you get the idea.) I’ve preordered A Thousand Perfect Notes and can’t wait to read it. I love your blog and have been waiting so long to read one of your books, so I’m really happy this day has come. It’s really inspirational for me, an aspiring author, to know that it is possible to get there, with enough hard work. Beck and August sound adorable and possibly like lil cinnamon rolls. ^__^ Also, last night I actually dreamt the book had arrived, so your book has already infiltrated my subconscious, haha. Congratulations! 😀 <3

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    • THANK YOOOOOU💛💛💛 I AM ACTUALLY FLAILING SO MUCH I MAY FALL OVER. Ahah. Ahem. And omg thank you for preordering!! That makes like an amazing difference afjdskald. And I hope the book lives up to expectations!! (IT’s a bit more serious than my blog hahah.) And omg I really am rooting for you to reach your author dream too! It’s not fast, but it CAN happen. I believe in you too. 😉

      (Omg I’m taking over dreams now!)

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  44. I’m so happy for you Cait! You are so amazing, and you’ve worked so hard on this, and I’m just so glad you get to see your dream become a reality. And that’s amazing that you’re on the romance bestsellers list too! Even if it’s not really romance…
    And I’m just so thrilled that I’m finally going to get to read it!

    And also mad. Because my copy. Isn’t arriving. Until the 19th. THE NINETEENTH. Thanks shipping… That’s totally not, like, almost two weeks after release.

    But whatever, I’m still super thrilled! Just… a bit impatient.

    Oh and also I still think you should write a post sorting cereal into Hogwarts houses. Just saying.

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    • IRIS, THANK YOU.💛💛 This means so much to me and afjkdslad I can’t even believe how much people are supporting this book. It’s beyond my wildest dreams THANK YOUUUUUU. And agh, I hope the shipping moves faster!! (I can understand being impatient haha. I’m still waiting on my author copies lmao, why is everything so slow.😂)

      Sooo going to sort cereal into Hogwarts houses. It’s gotta happen.

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  45. *SCREAMS* I’m so freaking proud of you, Cait. I always knew your writing was going places.
    Your book is next on my list to buy! Can’t wait to read it!

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  46. You have taken over the world! Congrats, Cait! Congrats, Congrats, Congrats!!! I’m ready to murder book depo because my copy has yet to arrive. But I’m dancing for you and can’t wait to read this beautiful book!

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  47. Wow, just wow. I only joined your journey in the last few months but it has been amazing. And I’m proud of you. Hell – I’m probably gonna go all the way back to the beginning of your blog to see how you started (which is TOTALLY not a procrastination from doing my own writing exercise).

    I love that you are so un-British (I know you’re not British) so you can stand there and shout I AM PROUD. No false modesty. I’ve joined your journey late, wish I’d got Illumicrate (but MONEY GAH) and feel lucky I’m in the UK and have it early,

    May you continue to follow your dreams. And I hope to join you one day.

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    • Omggg thank you, Ellen! I’m seriously reeling at all the happy messages I’ve been getting and I APPRECIATE THEM ALL SO MUCH. *sends you all the cake and sparkles* (Lol lol but please feel free to not read the archives. 😂I swaer I had no idea how to blog for like…years.😂)

      And SO PROUD RIGHT NOW, JUST GONNA CLAIM IT.😂😂

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  48. Congratulations Cait!! (I totally forget if that’s how you spell your first name (I think it is) but since you changed over so that you are more C. G. Drews, I couldn’t find it to confirm that I was spelling it the right way! But it’s okay because #authorstatus lol) I cannot wait to read your book and make the cake that goes with it! I hope your release day is lovely! 🙂

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    • Haha you’re totally fine!! ThANK YOU THOUGH!! (And I feel bad that’s it’s probably confusing that I’m going more by CG now, but I wanted to try and keep everything consistent. 😂) Anyway eeep, thank you for reading AND making the cake! I appreciate it so much.💛

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  54. CONGRATULATIONS CAIT 🎉!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Literally cannot express how excited I am for you ! ! ! I live in the U.S. so there’s still a bit of a wait, but I’m still beyond excited for this!!! You’ve worked so hard, and you deserve every bit of this. It’s truly inspiring, even for those of us who don’t have writing aspirations, it’s still amazing to see someone work so hard and succeed! I’ll be sure to make some of that fruit cake from ATPN when I read it, too!! This is an amazing first step at world domination, and I’m so happy for you and am cheering you on (even though I have almost no social media so I can’t cheer you on Twitter/insta/etc..) Have an amazing first-week-of-your-book-out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS AHHHH <3🎉🎊🎉

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    • THIS MAKES ME SMILLLLLE SO MUCH I CAN’T EVEN SAY!!😍 *sends you all the virtual cake while you make the ATPN cake* !!! And eep I hope the post moves fast. 😂 And you are so lovely, this truly means a lot to me!!

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  56. CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS Cait!!! I’m out of the country right now, which is why I didn’t preorder it (funny story: I almost preordered two copies to send to my bookworm friend’s house, not realizing he was going to be out of the country as well, but caught myself in time!!!), but I’m definitely going to snag a couple copies as soon as I get home!!!

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  57. Hi Cait, Happy Release Day! I’ve been following your blog for a while now, and it’s been so fun to watch your journey up to this point, so I just wanted to say I’m so happy for you! And I can’t wait for my copy of A Thousand Perfect Notes to (finally) makes its way over to me in the U.S.! Congratulations!

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  58. I AM PRETTY FREAKING PROUD OF YOU TOO CAIT!
    I am a relatively new reader; I found your blog about a year and a half ago, so that’s not as long as if I had been there from the beginning, but I am SO SO SO happy that I found your blog before I knew you were getting a book deal because I have been able to read about your writing dreams and read some of your snippets and I feel like I was able to be a part of watching you make it to the top and now you finally have a book published and I am SO excited to be in on all the hype and I finally feel like I am a part of the book blogging community and I really can’t wait to read ATPN! 😀 😀 😀
    When I started my book blog in January 2017 your blog was the very first book blog that I followed and I am SO glad I did because you are one of my biggest inspirations in blogging and in writing! I have wanted to be a writer since I was 13 but I am going through a hard time right now and I don’t know if I still seriously want to be a published writer anymore because I don’t know if I am as passionate about it as I was before and I don’t know if I can still be willing enough to put so much hard work into it that it deserves, but seeing you finally make it inspires me that maybe I should get back into it and discipline myself to work at it more.
    Thank you so much for being yourself and sharing all of your awesome craziness on your blog because it really is a huge inspiration for me. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 I am SO SO SO SO happy for you, Cait! You deserve all the best! <3

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    • HEATHER. 💛💛I APPRECIATE THIS LIKE YOU WOULDN’T BELIEVE!! And honestly it’s been awesome being friends with you through blogging!! And like going from writing messy flails all over the blog to being able to finally show everyone a finished and polished book (!!!) I seriously can’t get over it.

      Awww! *squishes you* This is so nice to hear though!😍And I seriously am rooting for you to get to your dreams…even if you’re not sure if it’s writing right now or not. It IS a lot and it IS a big undertaking, so you do what’s best for you for sure. But it’s worth it, if that helps. 😂

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  59. Hi, I might be nearly crying over YOUR blogpost because it makes me really emotional how happy and emotional you are and I’m so very proud of you and I can’t wait for the book to finally arrive (on the 16th… sigh)

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  61. A Thousand Perfect Congratulations! I’m so glad to have witnessed even just a small part of your journey. I’m so happy for you and feel so inspired by you! You make me want to write. I can’t wait to read your book. Much love.

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  62. I AM SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU AND SEEING YOU GO ON THIS JOURNEY HAS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVOURITE EXPERIENCES ABOUT BLOGGING. I clearly cannot comment on your blog without going in full caps at the start so I apologize and all that but I am just SO excited for you and I keep seeing your book on my Instagram feed and it’s like… okay, mate, yes, we aren’t Ultra Close BFF Let’s-Share-Cake-and-Gossip-About-Stuff together and all that but I always feel so much joy when I see my fellow bloggers out there owning the world and releasing their brilliance onto the masses.

    I mean ????? I have been following your blog for so long (insert gif of the older lady in Titanic here) and and and… UGH. It’s just so dang exciting to see you succeeding and chasing your dreams and knowing that your book is literally out there on the shelves of readers and bookstores.

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    • JESSICA. THANK YOU. I CAN’T EVEN WITH HOW LOVELY THIS IS. AHHHH!! And it’s been so cool to like take this journey with all along too?! SO encouraging. Pfft I will share cake with you!! ALL the cake!

      😭💛 Thank you tho! This means a lot to me!

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  63. Cait!!! I was so emotional reading this! You did it! You really did it! All the hard work paid off! It’s a real, proper book, and it’s out in the world, and in readers’ hands (MY HANDS!). AND YOU HAVE A BOOK, CAIT, A PUBLISHED BOOK! I’m going to whizz through my last books for Mental Illness in YA Month, and then I will read it, and then I will write a staff pick for my bookshop, and I will hand-sell it to absolutely everyone. I will force it into everyone’s hands! Well, maybe not force, but you know what I mean.

    I am so, so excited for you, and so kind-of-awkwardly-because-I-don’t-really-know-you proud of you! I have been such a huge fan of your blog for years now; I’ve read the blog posts about your writing and the excerpts, and know how you work so hard, and I remember when ATPN was Tremolo! And I’m such a happy, proud blog-follower-fan! And it just makes it even better that you’re “one of us” and such brilliant things are happening for you! I could burst with happiness for you!

    I’m going to shut up now before I start sounding creepy. But yay for Cait! 😀

    (Also, thank you for linking to my blog tour post! 🙂 )

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    • JO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE AND LOVELY.💛 I can’t even say how much I appreciate it!! (And hoping ATPN meets expectations when you get around to it. hehe. No rush or pressure!)

      And pfft, we totally know each other. 😂 *shares internet friend cake* And I’m so glad to have met you online!

      *also bursts with happiness* 💕😍

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  66. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, CAIT! You know how much I loved A THOUSAND PERFECT NOTES. ♥♥♥ You definitely have so much to be proud about, and I can’t wait to read The Boy Who Steals Houses!!!!

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  67. AAAAHHHH CONGRATS MY ATBN IS IN THE POST I”M SCARED IT”S GOING TO BE TOO DEPRESSING BUT YAYAYAYAYAY WELL DONE! I’m so honoured to have seen part of your publishing journey and I know you deserve it after all the hard work. I’m looking forward to holding your baby in my hands.

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  68. SO HAPPY FOR YOU, I don’t even have any words. A book box, that is so exciting! A blog tour! I mean, there are just so many amazing and glorious things and I am soooooo happy for you. Enjoy every minute of all the things, you earned this! (ALso I will continue to stalk my mailman because come ON I NEED MY BOOK! Silly traveling across oceans 😂)

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    • I’M ALL THE FLAILS, SHANNON.💛💛 I can’t even believe it’s happening, still?!? Like people send me photos of it in bookstores and I’m like “iS THIS REAL” 😂😂 I am so freaking excited. Sensibleness will not be had be me ever again. 😍😍😍

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  71. Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh congratulations!!! I can’t wait to read it! Fiercely motivated Slytherins: taking over the world one book at a time.

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  73. I am soooo excited to read this book! I love your snippets, and I can’t wait to get my hands on it, Cait! I’m so happy for you!!

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  74. Congratulations, Cait! Happy book birthday! I’m looking forward to reading ATPN, I’m waiting for it to arrive in the mail.

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  76. *falls into comments belatedly* HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO “A THOUSAND PERFECT NOTES”! I just ordered my copy! Stay tuned for photographic evidence!

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  77. Ok, I’m so late… BUT I’M SO EXCITED and PROUD!!! One of my favorite things of your blog is your writing and I can’t wait to read your book!

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  78. I just finished reading it and EMOTIONS!!
    Also.. just wanted to ask what advice you’d give if you actually knew someone in Beck’s situation?

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    • Thank you so much for reading it! 💛 It means a lot to me! I don’t feel qualified to give advice however, but there are hotlines to call and that will lead to professionals who can work with the person and their specific situation.

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  79. Cait I’m still so so happy for you!! YOU’RE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR NOW. STEP ONE OF WORLD DOMINATION COMPLETE. Maybe I should worry that reading your book is part of some evil masterplan to take over the world but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I’m gonna read it anyway 😛

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    • THANK YOU, MICHELLE. IT STILL FEELS TOTALLY SURREAL AHHHH I’M SO HAPPY. And absolutely this is part of the world domination masterplan. I mean my book will be in homes…all over the world… *evil laughter from the darkness*

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  80. You don’t know me, but I wanted to let you know that I read your book and it is SUCH an inspiration to me. <3 Thank you.

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