Happy 2013! It's been a while since my last post, but what better time for a new one than with the coming of a new year! There is a quiet excitement for me over this new year, a soft gentle anticipation of wonderful things unfolding. But aside from all of the fantastic "BIG" things happening, there are glimpses and glimmers of even "BETTER" things. Things I find myself grateful for all over again. Snowfalls. Lattes. Cozy pj's. And best of all, the experience of watching a 12 year old girl fall in love with my novel. There is nothing quite like that feeling. She discovered a copy of it on a table at my parent's house during a family dinner. From the moment she picked it up, the book did not leave her hands all evening. From 3pm until 10pm she read, in between chatting, eating, hanging with the other kids, playing three rounds of bingo... through and between it all, she read, literally unable (or at least unwilling) to put the book down. Wow. Now that was exciting for me to see! She read 15 chapters and when it was time to leave you could see the agony in her eyes. Since the book has not yet been published, this was her only chance to finished. I think had my mother not agreed to lend her the copy, she might have camped out over night in order to finished the remaining 23 chapters!
It was a lovely sight to behold, watching before my eyes, the delight and fascination of someone so fully enthralled with something I had a part in creating. Watching her get excited at the parts I got excited over, and frustrated, upset and worried in all the right places, turning page after page, with a need to know what woudl happen next. How does it get any better than that?
She came over to me after a few hours and said with a note of seriousness and sincerity,
"So far, I would rate this book as an 11 out of 10." Pretty impressive score if I do say so myself. She's anxious to finish and to read the second book and the third, which has yet to be created. But if ever I was in need of external motivation, I found it last night in the eyes of that young reader, who in the midst of a crowd of noise, laughter and merriment, hungrily flipped page after page to find out what would happened next!
Happy New Year!
May yours be shiny and bright, and filled with dreams fulfilled!
Hiya
ReplyDeleteWow Michele that is great. Really great. It goes to show that your work is better than you thought it was.
And you have heaps to look forward to, in this coming year.
Angel
Thank you so much Angel! I know the same is true for you as well this year!!! :)
DeleteHey Michele. :) There are a few things I want to say about your book:
ReplyDeleteFantastic. Amazing. Extraordinary. Inspiring. Breath-taking. Heart-racing. Page-turning. And above all, I would give it an A+++++++. All the books I have read could never reach the dangerous love that lies within the world of Lorelei. Everything was just so well written and thought out, I felt as if I was actually there, the story never ending, never stopping, never breaking my concentration from the words. After reading this, I just know I was always thinking about what would happen next. Fire and Ice is the greatest book I have read so far. Thank you for writing it:)
Love from that (almost) 12 year old girl who found that copy on that table, on that night, in that time when the world was washed away to reveal the magic of words behind it.
WOW! Once again you've rendered me speechless! Thank you so much for your lovely and humbling comment, my almost-12 year old friend. I love that you loved Fire and Ice, and want you to know, that you are the reason I write... you, and others like you, who adore getting swept up in a fantastical tale! Thank you again for your kind words and I promise the sequel is on its way soon! ;)
DeleteVery excited for you Michele. Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to getting a copy of the book when it comes out. Cheers.
Thanks Michael, and yes you absolutely get a copy! Happy New Year!
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