The Language Thing

I’ve been contemplating if I should ever open up about The Language Thing for a long time. And then today I had a short moment of clarity, and I wanted to share it with you guys. This is a revelation that happened when I was standing in front of the mirror (I know! Cliché!) to see if my denim jacket worked with the red pants I was wearing. (It did.)
And for some weird reason I was suddenly so very thankful for how far I’ve been able to go. A few years back, I would have never believed you if you had told me about the situation I’m in.You see, English isn’t my first language. It’s not even a language that was drilled into me early on. English is something I learned. For a while I spent three hours a week studying English in school and that was it. Guys, not too long ago I had no idea what “in retrospective” meant. But I looked up the words I didn’t know. I had to teach myself a lot of things that they don’t tell you about in school. I had no idea that one day I would be writing novels in English. 
And now These Things About Us has been downloaded thousands of times. You guys have allowed me to suck you into a story and I’ve received many wonderful emails from you. And I did not get any hate mail about how every freaking sentence in my novel seems to have been written by a 8-year-old who doesn’t know the least bit about grammar.I might not be able to make a living with my writing. I might not be a New York Times bestseller. I might not ever make it big, although I fully intend to try my best, but there have been other great accomplishments for me.
Who would have thought a girl from Germany without fancy education could write novel in English and so many wonderful people would pick it up? I guess however improbable your dream might seem, chase it. It’s worth it!