Why Does Publishing a Book Take So Long?

I've got good news and bad news.

The Good News:

It's official!

My next book, The Book That Almost Rhymed, has been signed by Dial Books for Young Readers!

Dial is part of Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the U.S., and I couldn't be happier to have landed with them!

(Fun fact: Dial published The Book With No Pictures, by B.J. Novak from the Office. This guy --->)

(Can you tell that I'm missing when The Office was on Netflix?)

And the book is due to come out...

(cue the bad news)

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