I owe thanks to the many people who helped with my book and/or provided encouragment throughout the writing and publishing of In the Shadows. First is editor/publisher Robert Peett, who provided some of the early editing, book plotting advice, pointers about England and France, and encouraged me to join Facebook and start a blog. My husband, Will, helped with much of the later editing and provided the book formatting. My daughter, Samantha, created the beautiful book cover artwork. Author Sara Stinson read a pre-release copy of the book and helped with proofreading/editing.
My local author friends, Marlene Lee, Carrie Koepke, Deni Cary Phillips, and Lori Younker read early drafts of some chapters and critiqued them. Author Keija Parssinen sponsored one of my upcoming book talks and gave me much needed encouragement.
Authors John Holt, Lisa Scullard, Gerry McCullough, Glenn Muller, Christopher D. Abbott, and Maria Constantine gave advise on self-publishing. Dean Lombardo, Sofie E. Tallis, Jane Risdon, Sammy Smith, Katrina Jack, Ken Dawson, Gillian O’Rourke, Zoe Harris, Mary Fan, Mary Enck, Susan Wingate, Toni Lopopolo, Majanka Verstraete, Bustles Lloyd, John Bayliss, and many others in the literary world provided friendship and encouragement over the past few years. I’m afraid I’ve missed many more people. Please know I am grateful to all who stood by me and enabled me to create and publish this book.
Thank you, Everyone.
16 Comments
Christopher D Abbott said:
November 14, 2013 at 7:43 pm
Well done you!
I wish you every success.
Best wishes,
CDA
Susan Finlay said:
November 14, 2013 at 7:44 pm
Thanks, Christopher! Good luck with your new book!
franceskaywriter said:
November 14, 2013 at 9:20 pm
Such a pleasure to see your success from those early Autho days – I knew you were one to watch! Hope the Shadows emerges into the bright lights of success and fame, oh and sales too, of course! Love and all good luck to a fine writer from Fan.
Susan Finlay said:
November 14, 2013 at 9:23 pm
Thank you! I tried to list as many author friends as I could. I knew I was leaving out many. You are definitely one that I should have listed.
Sophie E Tallis said:
November 15, 2013 at 1:12 am
Huge congratulations, Susan, I’m so thrilled for you! Hope you celebrated with something suitably bubbly.
No thanks needed sweetie, authors helping each other is what it’s all about after all, we’re all just so pleased and proud that you made it honey. Well done! 😀 x
Susan Finlay said:
November 15, 2013 at 1:42 am
Thanks, Sophie!
Sophie E Tallis said:
November 17, 2013 at 10:07 pm
😀
glennmullerwp said:
November 15, 2013 at 5:56 pm
You are only getting back what you put out there. Ditto what Sophie said 🙂
gillywrites said:
November 15, 2013 at 10:25 pm
Once again, congratulations Susan! It’s great to see that so many of us who met on writers’ sites are now being published and making something of our writing. You have given so many of your author friends encouragement and advice and you deserve every success!
Susan Finlay said:
November 17, 2013 at 8:34 pm
Thanks, Glenn and Gillian!
Majanka Verstraete (@iheartreads) said:
November 26, 2013 at 1:33 pm
Congratulations on releasing your book, Susan! Wow, I’m honored to see my name in the acknowledgements. If you need help with anything, let me know. I’m behind on my reading list, but I promise I’ll get to your book in December, and review it as well!
Majanka
Susan Finlay said:
November 26, 2013 at 1:39 pm
Thank you, Majanka! I hope you like the book. And good luck with your new book.
mariaconstantine8 said:
November 27, 2013 at 12:21 pm
Susan, you are a true inspiration; I respect and admire you as a writer and an author entrepreneur. And on a personal level I value your friendship and it is a pleasure to help in any way that I can. Congratulations and I wish you continued success.
Susan Finlay said:
November 27, 2013 at 12:49 pm
Thank you, Maria! I feel the same way about you. Congratulations on your new book, too.
Signed on the blog "Ann" said:
March 23, 2014 at 10:19 pm
From Ann
I am not surprised that you thank and acknowledge others who helped along the way. Your interviews have been helpful to other authors, so of course you recognize generosity in others. Keep going! You are doing a lot for authors in your area, giving them an additional voice.
Ann
Susan Finlay said:
March 23, 2014 at 10:43 pm
Thank you, Ann! That’s a wonderful thing to say.