In one of my book give-aways last year, Ramisa the Authoress, a blogger from Australia, scored a copy of Risking Exposure. Lucky for me. She read it, loved it, and placed it on her Favorite Books of All Time list. She blogged about my book, sponsored a give-away contest, and in general has been unbelievably supportive of my debut novel from half a world away.
In her most recent blog post, she reviewed and categorized some of her 2014 favorites. Risking Exposure figured twice into her list of Best in Books - books you 'pushed' the most to your friends, and books you found thought-provoking/ life-changing.Whoa.Thank you, Ramisa.
As a writer, that's amazing. Humbling. An unbelievable honor.
If that weren't enough, she mentioned me again under the Looking Ahead category, listing my as yet unfinished, unnamed sequel as one of the books she is anticipating the most, hopefully in 2015.
I'm anticipating the book also. I know my story line, the characters and their interplay, where the story ends, etc. Even so, the process of the story revealing itself as I write is astonishing, confusing, exhilarating. It requires the delicate balance of my conscious mind's need for control and my muse's need for creative license.I hope the result garnishes fans as loyal and enthusiastic as Ramisa and others who have encouraged me on this adventure.
When you send a book out into the world, often you never know how it has touched people—but in this case, wow! What a gratifying response from Ramisa, and from another country and another hemisphere as well.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea you were working on a sequel. As you write, I hope you find that right balance in the tug of war between creative control and creative "license." May the muse with you!
Thank you, Nancy!
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