Borrowing from a Kelly Clarkson song as a way to express my gratitude to all of of friends, family, and amazing readers who've stood by me all these years--4 years to be exact--(well, 4 years for my readers that is-- my family's been around
a little longer than that!), because 4 years ago today, my debut novel
FAKING 19 was released, and it felt like the ultimate realization of a dream come true!
Because it was.
And now, because of all of YOU--the dream just keeps getting bigger and better--so:
Thanks.
Seriously, Thanks.
And just to show you how serious I am, I'm going to give away a signed copy of EVERMORE to one random commenter (I'll use the old name in a hat trick to choose!)!
Oh, and speaking of gratitude, I recently received my first piece of EVERMORE fan art, which I would totally post here except for the fact that my scanner is currently on strike. But still, let me just say, that it's totally adorable and cute and sweet and completely made my day!
And double Oh, and another reader wrote me an e-mail sharing a new word that she and her friends made up and she used it to describe my book: ausome-tasical!! LOVE it! And definitely plan to use it myself!
And triple Oh, google alerts alerted me to
THIS a Live Journal community dedicated to all things
EVERMORE and the
IMMORTALS series!
Also, in the spirit of grateful thankfulness, the YA Edge has chosen
EVERMORE as their March book club pick!! How cool is that, I ask? So, feel free to march on over there, or better yet, just click
HERE and check it out for yourselves!
And, believe it or not, I'm even grateful for jury duty. Yes, it's true. And no I'm not joking. But that's only because I'm a "call in" juror which means I have to call in each day after 5:00 PM only to be told to call in the next day after 5:00 PM. And even though it's totally tedious, easy to forget, and really gets in the way of making plans, I'm still incredibly grateful that I don't have to drag myself down to the courthouse and hang around all day, hoping no one will call me for duty. Done that. Not fun.
Oh, and I'm also grateful because a super good friend of mine just divulged some extremely exciting news--but, I'm sworn to secrecy until I get the okay to tell you--but even though I'm busting at the seams--dying to shout it out-- since I promised them I wouldn't -- I'll just add it to my grateful list!
What about you? What makes you grateful? Oh, and don't forget to comment, doesn't have to be a grateful comment, just a regular old comment will do, for your chance to win a signed copy of EVERMORE!!!
OOPS!! UPDATE!!! YOU HAVE UNTIL SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2009, MIDNIGHT California time!!!
(forgot to mention that before! As you were . . .)
