Kudos

I received this email the other day from my boss, who is the most recent person to read my manuscript. It made me gleeful so i had to post it:

I’m on page 7. I can’t wait to read the rest...that’s the highest accolade I can give a book. There are books that grab you from the beginning and this is one of them. Who is this mysterious stranger?! There are others that don’t grab you until considerably later. I’d hate to think how many of those I’ve missed over the years because I just couldn’t force myself back into it...this one won’t be a problem. Uh oh. I can see myself bleary eyed and lying there frozen stiff at 1:00 am again, so’s not to disturb the sleeping grizzly by any tell-tale Ah HAH!’s or shifting to get more comfortable...it’ll be all your fault, you know.

Since I'm tooting my own horn, I might as well include some others. Re-reading them gives me motivation to keep writing!

Ok, so I finished your book this morning :) I totally enjoyed it a lot. I don't think I've read a book so quickly before or spent so much time just sitting and reading (well maybe besides Harry Potter lol). I really like how you wrote so that there was such a vivid picture in my mind of what was going on. You alluded to many places that I knew of and so this helped a lot (ie. French beach, inner harbour, the blue bridge etc). Anyways, loved it a lot and can't wait for the sequel. I'll see you in a lil over a week! Love you lots, Shar

And from my mom:

Hi Shawna- Your book was wonderful, I just finished reading it! And it's definitely set the stage for a few more adventures for the happy couple. I really enjoyed it and am so honoured that I got to read it (first, i think) I love you very much and am so proud of you.

Aren't moms great? She definitely was the reason i finished the first book so quickly. She kept pushing me for more chapters.

I'm still working on the untitled sequel. Just wrapping up a few loose bits, and it's driving me bananas!!

Mmm... bananas....