Comments on: the office http://www.petiteanglaise.com/2006/10/02/the-office/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:20:08 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.petiteanglaise.com/2006/10/02/the-office/#comment-14576 Andrew Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:28:02 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2006/10/02/the-office/#comment-14576 At the risk of being too obvious (which LaPA being a naturally modest creature is anything but) here is a relevant extract for those who don't/can't follow embedded click-links: Parisian Blogger Gets Book Deal September 27, 2006 SOURCE:The Bookseller "Following a very competitive auction, Katy Follain at Michael Joseph/Penguin has bought Petite Anglaise and a second book by blogger Catherine Sanderson, paying a sum approaching the mid six figures....MJ will publish Petite Anglaise in spring 2008. Follain describes Sanderson as “a very talented writer, one that we are very keen to build so that she becomes a household name with Petite Anglaise and future books”. Follain signed the books through Simon Trewin and Sarah Ballard at PFD. Sanderson has also won deals with Spiegel & Grau in the U.S. and with Doubleday in Canada, through Zoe Pagnamenta at PFD New York. RCS/Sonzogno has also bought rights through Nicki Kennedy at ILA." Talent will out, accountants will tremble, and I'm for the book signing in London, Paris and New York. Not in person, obv. PS Damnit, I've blown P's real name again. Sorryee! At the risk of being too obvious (which LaPA being a naturally modest creature is anything but) here is a relevant extract for those who don’t/can’t follow embedded click-links:

Parisian Blogger Gets Book Deal
September 27, 2006

SOURCE:The Bookseller

“Following a very competitive auction, Katy Follain at Michael Joseph/Penguin has bought Petite Anglaise and a second book by blogger Catherine Sanderson, paying a sum approaching the mid six figures….MJ will publish Petite Anglaise in spring 2008. Follain describes Sanderson as “a very talented writer, one that we are very keen to build so that she becomes a household name with Petite Anglaise and future books”.

Follain signed the books through Simon Trewin and Sarah Ballard at PFD. Sanderson has also won deals with Spiegel & Grau in the U.S. and with Doubleday in Canada, through Zoe Pagnamenta at PFD New York. RCS/Sonzogno has also bought rights through Nicki Kennedy at ILA.”

Talent will out, accountants will tremble, and I’m for the book signing in London, Paris and New York. Not in person, obv.

PS Damnit, I’ve blown P’s real name again. Sorryee!

]]> By: Sablonneuse http://www.petiteanglaise.com/2006/10/02/the-office/#comment-14567 Sablonneuse Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:21:48 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2006/10/02/the-office/#comment-14567 re:#47. OK - I'm thick -I WASN'T as uptodate as I thought! Congratulations! But you didn't say anything about the bookdeals in your blog did you??? If not, why not? That's surely something worth proclaiming from the rooftops - and possible film rights too. Fantastic, you deserve it! re:#47.
OK – I’m thick -I WASN’T as uptodate as I thought!
Congratulations! But you didn’t say anything about the bookdeals in your blog did you???
If not, why not? That’s surely something worth proclaiming from the rooftops – and possible film rights too. Fantastic, you deserve it!

]]> By: varske http://www.petiteanglaise.com/2006/10/02/the-office/#comment-14543 varske Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:18:08 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2006/10/02/the-office/#comment-14543 I have worked from home for most of the years since my currently 15 year old was born and much prefer to be my own boss. One "benefit" is that your official work clothes last for years due to lack of use. But I do find there are snags. The tendency to celebrate more than once in advance: the idea of the contract, the offer of a contract, the signing of the contract, etc leaving not much left when you actually get the cheque for the work. You have to actively organise a "work" social life with similar people, to compensate for the lack of chat round the coffee machine, though commenting on blogs, email and the internet in general help to fill the gap. And its good to be able to do things during the day on the spur of the moment, unless you become a workaholic and never leave your computer. And then there is the food problem. Always having time to have 3 meals a day rather than finish something you don't want to do, rather increases the size of your waist. Or time to do the cleaning rather than finish the report. Or to mend the teddy bear for the 15 year old rather than finish the report.... Maybe you should invite comments on the best ways to beat procrastination when working at home. Anyway congratulations on your book deals and look forward to reading the product. I have worked from home for most of the years since my currently 15 year old was born and much prefer to be my own boss.

One “benefit” is that your official work clothes last for years due to lack of use.

But I do find there are snags. The tendency to celebrate more than once in advance: the idea of the contract, the offer of a contract, the signing of the contract, etc leaving not much left when you actually get the cheque for the work.

You have to actively organise a “work” social life with similar people, to compensate for the lack of chat round the coffee machine, though commenting on blogs, email and the internet in general help to fill the gap. And its good to be able to do things during the day on the spur of the moment, unless you become a workaholic and never leave your computer.

And then there is the food problem. Always having time to have 3 meals a day rather than finish something you don’t want to do, rather increases the size of your waist. Or time to do the cleaning rather than finish the report. Or to mend the teddy bear for the 15 year old rather than finish the report….

Maybe you should invite comments on the best ways to beat procrastination when working at home.

Anyway congratulations on your book deals and look forward to reading the product.

]]> By: Sablonneuse http://www.petiteanglaise.com/2006/10/02/the-office/#comment-14538 Sablonneuse Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:40:09 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2006/10/02/the-office/#comment-14538 In reply to Petite #43: Yes, I have followed all the news since you lost your job but thought you were temporarily unemployed at present - awaiting a book deal or something else exciting . . . .? You have made oblique references to important happenings but as far as I know, no definite statements yet. Or have I missed something again???? In reply to Petite #43: Yes, I have followed all the news since you lost your job but thought you were temporarily unemployed at present – awaiting a book deal or something else exciting . . . .?
You have made oblique references to important happenings but as far as I know, no definite statements yet.
Or have I missed something again????

]]> By: dawn http://www.petiteanglaise.com/2006/10/02/the-office/#comment-14531 dawn Wed, 04 Oct 2006 02:52:41 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2006/10/02/the-office/#comment-14531 It is the human interaction that sustained you. All things happen for a reason. I suspect that there are bigger things in store for you. Maybe the sound of silence will invigorate your creative juices. Dawn It is the human interaction that sustained you. All things happen for a reason. I suspect that there are bigger things in store for you. Maybe the sound of silence will invigorate your creative juices. Dawn

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