Saturday Snippet: This is a new segment to my blog dreamed up by the lovely and talented Lauren Dane. She went above and beyond, gathering like minded authors who wanted to do some great cross promotions. Here is the fruit of her labor. Please be sure to visit the author with links provided in this post as well. They’ll be posting on their blogs too–same topic but they may handle it or interpret it differently.
Let’s get started.
This week’s topic is Defining Moments. Now, I’m sure I have many of these in my books that I could share with you all but I’d like to share a personal one.
I fell into writing. If you follow my blog or Raven Radio you know that I never set out to do this and that I was reluctant to do much with it in the beginning. After a good swift kick in the ass by one of my close friends, I subbed a manuscript.
I remember release day well. I was on pins and needles. I worried people would hate it, laugh at it, want to throw stones at me. The works. Reviews and emails started coming in and helped to set my mind at ease. I still wasn’t sure if this was "my calling" or something I was doing to just exercise my mind. It wasn’t until I received an email from a reader who read Daughter of Darkness and wanted to share that it helped her through a dark period in her life. That she’d reached her lowest point and due to circumstances I won’t pass on because they’re private, she just stopped wanting to do anything–get up, get dressed, anything. She told me that after reading the book she felt such a spark of spunk from the character that it really stuck with her, hitting home, helping her to take the steps needed to improve her situation. That was my defining moment. The moment I realized this isn’t just a job or a hobby. Its my life and I’m humbled and honored to this day that she and the others like her who have taken time out to email me to tell me that I made a difference.
To all of you who have emailed please know that YOU have all made a difference in my life too and that I’m thankful each and every day to have such amazing and supportive readers.
Thank you!
Please be sure to pay these other fantastic authors a visit today.
Lauren Dane
Cynthia Eden
Vivi Anna
SJ Day
Moira Rogers
Leah Braemel
Anya Bast
Viv Arend
Juliana Stone
Savannah Foley
Beth Williamson
Elisabeth Naughton
Michelle Pillow
Jaci Burton
Taige Crenshaw
McKenna Jeffries
