Dear Readers,
Welcome back to my author's blog, Happy DETours!
This past weekend I attended the Bookstore Romance Day at the Author's Note Bookstore. Currently, they are stocking my YA novel, Pretend and I went there to see my book "in the wild" as an author friend so aptly put it.
That author was Jessica Topper. She is the well known romance author of Louder than Love and the Dictatorship of the Dress plus many more. It had been many moons since I read her debut novel and was lucky enough to meet her this past Saturday at the Author's Note Bookstore Romance Day Event.
It was so wonderful getting to chat with her about everything book related especially about our book origin stories. We traded books, my book Pretend for her book, Dictatorship of the Dress since I had not read that one.
I am thrilled for her to read my novel and I'm really hoping she enjoys it. But it's always a little scary and stressful knowing such a well known author will read my words. It's a very vulnerable thing to share your inner stories with the world, let alone fellow authors, and I still struggle with that feeling almost a full year later. But I have also found that the author community is so supportive and kind. The feedback has been so helpful. I can't adequately thank all the authors that I've met along the way and through my social media for their praise and advice!
Both Jessica and I follow each other on our social media now, which in itself is exciting! I look forward to her wisdom, advice and friendship as I continue my author journey!
As always, to my family, friends and faithful readers, THANK YOU for all your support and encouragement as I continue to follow my dream! I couldn't do it without YOU!!
Love & Happy DETours,
Jenn
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