A Birthday Surprise...

I've had a week of annual leave and been rather busy doing lots of fun things so Raggy Rose and her friends have taken a bit of a back seat.  Therefore, it was a very pleasant surprise to receive, on my birthday (!), the following email from Publisher Number one:

Thank you for sending us samples of your manuscript.  I am pleased to inform you that after careful consideration our editorial section would now like to view the full manuscript of your work.

On to the next stage then as I send them through my five completed and fully illustrated poems/manuscripts.  Keep your fingers crossed for me and my Toy Shelf Friends...