Since my (Deesha’s) fiancé “JB” started a new job last fall, he doesn’t have the same access to email and phone that he did in his previous job. So when he texted me to see how my meeting went this morning with the agent who is interested in the co-parenting book that Mike and I are co-authoring, he hadn’t yet received my email about it.

JB’s text: So text me the quick and dirty.

Me: Agent. Contract. Screaming.

And really…that about sums it up. There’s a longer back story about how we got connected with this particular agent and so forth, but suffice it to say that she’s great, she’s smart, she’s connected, AND she loves and believes in our co-parenting book proposal. By meeting’s end, she’d email me a contract and collaborator’s agreement for our consideration. She’ll start talking up our book next week in NYC to editor-folk, and while our proposal is apparently already super-fantastic, she’s got a few things for us to tweak to make it even stronger.

We’ve got some legal and literary friends looking at the particulars, and we’re looking forward to tackling the agent’s tweaking requests.

A BIG “THANK YOU” to everyone who has supported our efforts since the launch of this site in June 2008.  Thanks for…

• telling your co-parenting friends about us;
• for forwarding links to our posts;
• for guest posting, cross-posting, and agreeing to be interviewed;
• for sharing your family’s stories with us;
• for being a professional resource to families in need;
• for including us on your blog-roll;
• for the collaborations and for the shout-outs; and
• for the partnerships and the friendships

Special thanks to our friends, authors, other writing professionals, and co-parenting  experts for taking the time to write detailed, thoughtful, and downright GUSHING blurbs for us to include in the book proposal, telling editors and publishers that you believe in this book and that you believe we’re the ones to write it.  We appreciate your vote of confidence!

And another very important BIG “THANK YOU” to all of YOU, readers!  Your public comments here, your private emails, your subscription to our newsletter (which really does exist–we promise!), your Tweets and re-Tweets, your warm reception to the weekly “Co-Parenting Matters” show on BlogTalk Radio –your response has affirmed that there is a need for and interest in a resource like this.

So stay tuned for more book news as we progress.  In the meantime, join us in celebrating this happy day!