How It Happened: The Scoop on My Book Deal for SLEEPWALKING

I know I've only given you the bare-bones story of how I got a three-book deal for SLEEPWALKING. Since I didn't actually put pen to paper-contract until three weeks ago, I was feeling too superstitious to go into detail about it. But since several of you have written to ask me how it happened (amongst you a few aspiring writers), here's the story.

I told you about the process of writing the book.

Well, in late August I sent a few chapters of the manuscript to Stacey, my agent. She was enthusias...