Today is the one-year anniversary of my first novel being published. What
an amazing year it's been! I've met lots of new people, and I've learned a lot
about the people already in my life, but mostly I've learned a lot about
myself. Not only have I self-published the next three books in the Black
Rose series since then, but I've also become a traditionally published author
with Forever Lost.
Friends have become fans, and fans have become friends, and I am so
grateful to those who've given me and my novels a chance. I think most of my
readers were shocked by the content, but came on board quickly with the
darker themes once you released where I was going and why I did it.
Those who couldn't get on with it, that's okay, not everything is for
everyone.
I started out with a shy little dream and a fear of letting
people in my strange mind, but now I'm more confident and ambitious than ever
before. I know what I want from my life, and I'm determined to keep on going
until my mind is empty of stories and I'm free of the characters and scenarios
that haunt my mind day and night - if that can ever actually happen! I often
wonder what the mind of a writer is like in comparison to other people's. I've
always created people and places in my head, and then told myself stories about
them. I never realised that this wasn't 'normal' until I was an adult, and even
then it took me far too long to figure out how to write them down.
I couldn't have done any of this without you guys! If you weren't reading
my books and giving me the support and encouragement to carry on, I would not
be where I am today, so thank you all from the bottom of my
heart. This journey has been wonderful, and I'm not stopping any time
soon xxx
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