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Author Moments

I don’t usually feel like an ‘author’ most days. A writer, sure–I’ve been writing every day for more than ten years now and my stories are always, always in my head, every minute of the day and night, begging me to write them down. But the whole being a published author part? Honestly, it’s still kind of surreal. I see my books on a bookstore shelf or see them mentioned online or get an e-mail from someone who’s read one and it’s like, Whoa, wait, I wrote that!

I call those moments ‘author moments’ when it suddenly hits me that my books really are out there in the world and that other people–thousands of people I’ve never met and never will–are reading it. It’s wild. And wonderful! And amazing!

So this week I had one of my most fun author moments ever, when this video popped up on my google alerts in my in-box. Do you know about google alerts? Most authors have them, I think. You set it up so that any time someone mentions you or your book on-line, you get an e-mail about it. So be careful what you say, we authors are watching you! (Kidding! Kidding!)

Anyway, what popped up on my google alerts was this video from Youtube. It’s Morgan and Arthur’s story–my Morgan and Arthur from the prologue of Twilight of Avalon.

Twilight of Avalon–the beginning

I love it! It’s so beautifully done and so amazing for me to watch. It captures the spirit of the book so well it’s like watching my story brought to life.

Happy Holidays, everyone! And special thanks to Ana, the lovely creator of the video, for my favorite early Christmas gift and for letting me link to it here!

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