You Are Amazing

This week has been a milestone for The Goddess Test. With a little under two months to go before it hits shelves, not only did Goddess Test pass 1,000 adds on Goodreads, but it also hit the top ten list of most requested galleys on NetGalley.com.

Adds have almost doubled. I gained over a hundred new Twitter followers. Fabulous reviews are coming out.  Things are happening.

And it's because of you. The bloggers. The early reviewers. The people who take time out of their busy schedules to read books and put their thoughts into words. The readers who hear about a book and tell their friends. Who tweet and link and add. You.

I want to gush. I want to hug each and every one of you. In late December, thirty people had added Goddess Test on Goodreads. Now, two months later, nearly twelve hundred people have, and the book doesn't even come out until April 19th. Your enthusiasm, your tweets, your blog entries and emails and everything you've done – it's magical what the YA blogging and reading community does for authors. It really, truly is.

If you decide to pick up or request Goddess Test, whether you enjoy it or not, thank you for giving it a chance. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read it. I won't pretend it doesn't hurt like hell to get a negative review, but it would hurt even more if no one were reading it at all. But because of you, readers know it's out there, and with a little luck, they'll give it a chance.

Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you times infinity. And if anyone ever makes you feel like you don't make a difference, send them my way and I'll set them straight.