Dagger in the heart

On the day that I sent the manuscript for UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO off to my editor for the last time, proofread and edited, praying that it's ready, Audible sends me this email:

Matthew,

It has been said that every writer has only one good book in them, and it's usually their first. Literature is filled with spectacular first acts and lukewarm follow-ups.

Fortunately, this is not always the case. Audrey Niffenegger, Khaled Hosseini, Jeannette Walls, and Greg Mortenson—to name just a...