Posted at 04:06PM Oct 15, 2009 by Anna in General  |  Comments[46]

Hello lovelies,

I am so excited because just yesterday I got my first finished copy of Splendor. It looks beautiful, and the dress on the cover is just iridescent and heaping and flowing, and the girl is mysterious and gorgeous. This is always a really satisfying moment for a writer, not just because you get to see your words in pretty font, and bound with a cover and all that, but also because it is proof that all this time you have spent alone in your pajamas in your bedroom alone has been for something. It has produced a collection of words that people can read, and understand, and here it is, this physical object to prove it! Phew.

And that bit about people reading and understanding is so crucial, because really what's the point of spending all that time alone in your bedroom, if not to produce something that people love or hate, or are annoyed or moved by-- something? So thank you, thank you, all of YOU. You make it real.