From the bottom of my heart...

I recently wrote my acknowledgements for Original Sin. It was hard.

Here’s the thing.

When I wrote Personal Demons, I didn’t have the courage to put myself out there. What that means is NO ONE read it (with the exception of my daughter). My awesome crit partner read the first three chapters, and that was it. So, because of my cowardice, the only people I really needed to thank were said daughter and crit partner, my husband for keeping us alive (even though he didn’t know why I wasn’t getting to the grocery store, or why I didn’t have time for the laundry), my agent, and my editor.

This time around is different, though. I’ve become part of a really amazing community where everyone is so willing to extend a helping hand. I still only have one reader, but my crit partner was much more central to pulling Original Sin together. My family was much more involved, now that they know I’m writing. My new writer friends have been so supportive and inspirational. And readers. What can I say? It makes my heart ache a little (in a good way) that so many of you, who I’ve never met, have read Personal Demons, then written to tell me how much you loved it.

So, Original Sin acknowledgements are longer than Personal Demons acknowledgements, but they’re not nearly long enough. I really wanted to include all of you by name…but my editor told me the acknowledgements couldn’t be longer than the book. O_O

Thank all of you for your support over the last year since I started this blog. You are truly appreciated.