Katherine Bone's Blog - Posts Tagged "blessing"
A Writer's Heart
Most mornings, you wake up and think about what the day has in store. What you need to cross off your to-do list and how you're going to find the time to do it all. Most mornings, time flies or lumbers by, but you keep on keeping on, putting forth the effort even though you're not sure you're on the right track. (Never stop.)
If you never quit doing what you love, there will be times when the clouds eventually part and the sun beams radiant upon you. Times like today when I checked my Goodreads page to find the best 4Star Review I've ever seen of my book!!! (Boom goes the undead monkey!)
My twenty year odyssey to publication has been long and ardous, oftentimes filled with extreme moments of joy and despair, coupled with becalmed waters. I've wondered if the hours spent writing were worth it, whether I should quit, whether scouring the deck with a good bit of soap would be a better use of my time. Whether or not my stories were worth the telling and counting the endless things I could be achieving were I not sitting at the computer writing. (Brisk winds will come.)
Today, however, I received the BEST boon to my spirits any writer can get. A delightful and stirring review of my book, Duke by Day, Rogue by Night. This review has touched my soul in a way that can never be repaid. Writing is a subjective world to all who read. I realize this and understand that some books aren't good for everyone. But today~ right now~ I'm near tears because a reader took time to tell me my book, my story, my ideas, resonated within them.
No greater gift has ever been made! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, dearest reader!!!
And to those of you who read, write reviews. Tell your favorite authors you enjoy their stories. I can now honestly say, there is no greater gift for a writer than to know he/she has stirred emotions within a reader's heart. And I now know that everything I've experienced to this point, every dream I had of gifting precious moments of time to a reader's life has come to pass.
Blessings to you all as you prepare for the holiday season. May you be warm and comforted. And may you find that great book that stirs your heart.
If you never quit doing what you love, there will be times when the clouds eventually part and the sun beams radiant upon you. Times like today when I checked my Goodreads page to find the best 4Star Review I've ever seen of my book!!! (Boom goes the undead monkey!)
My twenty year odyssey to publication has been long and ardous, oftentimes filled with extreme moments of joy and despair, coupled with becalmed waters. I've wondered if the hours spent writing were worth it, whether I should quit, whether scouring the deck with a good bit of soap would be a better use of my time. Whether or not my stories were worth the telling and counting the endless things I could be achieving were I not sitting at the computer writing. (Brisk winds will come.)
Today, however, I received the BEST boon to my spirits any writer can get. A delightful and stirring review of my book, Duke by Day, Rogue by Night. This review has touched my soul in a way that can never be repaid. Writing is a subjective world to all who read. I realize this and understand that some books aren't good for everyone. But today~ right now~ I'm near tears because a reader took time to tell me my book, my story, my ideas, resonated within them.
No greater gift has ever been made! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, dearest reader!!!
And to those of you who read, write reviews. Tell your favorite authors you enjoy their stories. I can now honestly say, there is no greater gift for a writer than to know he/she has stirred emotions within a reader's heart. And I now know that everything I've experienced to this point, every dream I had of gifting precious moments of time to a reader's life has come to pass.
Blessings to you all as you prepare for the holiday season. May you be warm and comforted. And may you find that great book that stirs your heart.
