Big Hugs to All of You!

This is it, guys, my big week, what I’ve been working toward for over two-and-a-half years now.  My novel, THE MISTAKEN, will finally be published.  And although my Amazon and Barnes & Noble buy links go live today*—AHHH, TODAY!!—my blog tour doesn’t kick off until my actual launch day this Thursday, but I do have one thing I’d like to say right now. 

I want to—no—I need to express my profound thanks to all of you who have stuck with me, who have supported me through all my ups and downs, who have held my hand, helped me up, dusted me off, and pushed me back down the road on my journey to be published.

It’s very true that writing is a solitary profession, but only because the work itself is done within the confines of our own minds.  But with the exception of this, there really is nothing else solitary about it. 

I’ve worked in the design field for over twenty-five years now, in offices filled with people.  I’ve enjoyed relationships with those folks, gone out to lunch, had weekend barbeques, attended baby showers, what have you.  But as physically close as those relationships were, nothing really compares to the camaraderie I’ve found here, online, with my writer and blogger friends.  It is truly a fellowship, and I consider each of you my companion on this toughest of journeys. 

I want nothing more than to pay forward everything I’ve received from you, both as a group and as individuals.  I realize that might sound glib, but in my heart of hearts, I know it’s true.  I couldn’t have done it without you.  True, I might have created a product on my own, but I seriously do not think I could have taken it all the way to market without the generosity of this community.  So to each and every one of you, I offer my deepest, most sincere gratitude. 

I hope you come back Thursday for my launch, blog tour kickoff, and giveaway.  I’ll be posting a little something everyday, mostly just introductions to my hosts.  I know we’re all friends here, so I hope you go pay them a short visit, as well. 

First for today, a pre-launch post: I'm over at Shannon Lawrence's The Warrior Muse where I discuss my anti-hero.  Stop by and tell me what you think.

Here’s the list of my generous friends and hosts for my blog tour which kicks off on Thursday:

10/18:  Mark Koopmans Says Hi from HI

10/19:  Alex J. Cavanaugh &

Arlee Bird’s Tossing It Out

10/22:  Carrie Butler’s So You Think You’re a Writrr &

Jeff O’Handley’s The Doubting Writer

10/23:  Julie Musil

10/24:  Donna Weaver’s Weaving a Tale or Two &

Melissa Maygrove

10/25:  Matthew MacNish’s The Quintessentially Questionable Query Experiment

10/26:  LG Smith’s Bards and Prophets

10/27:  Aimee Jodoin’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman

10/29:  Heather M. Gardner’s The Waiting is the Hardest Part

10/30:  Lisa Regan

10/31:  Jennifer Hillier’s The Serial Killer Files

11/1:    Angela Peart &

Livia Peterson’s Leave It to Livia

11/19:  Arlee Bird’s Tossing It Out for a follow-up on my launch and tour.

I'll have another tour sponsored by my publisher with a slew of book reviewers.  That runs from November 29^th through December 5^th at Crossroad Reviews and Tours.  I hope to post links for that one on my Facebook page.  Please feel free to “friend” me any time!

*Here are the available buy links for THE MISTAKEN:

Kindle

Barnes and Noble

Nook
Amazon

See you Thursday for my blog tour!

BUT FIRST...

...on Wednesday, I'll be participating in the 

Did I Notice Your Book Blogfest

hosted by Alex J. Cavanaugh and Ciara Knight

Hope to see you there, too!