Friday, January 7, 2011

Natalie Whipple Is My BFF

YA Author Natalie Whipple wrote a whole post just to me! SQUEE squared!

Alright it wasn't just to me. It was to her legion of devoted fans, including 1,147 blog followers, but she actually mentioned me by (pseudo)name. 3 times.

In a previous post she had addressed a common writerly fear about sucking and I asked her about my personal biggest fear:

Even when I manage to eke out some good writing, I STILL won't get published.

She wrote a heartening response and the part that hit my Asian heart the hardest was this:
It's NOT my fault. I did my best.
This will be the most important lesson for me to keep in mind throughout 2011 (and my life) as I begin the query process.

Natalie also opened her post to other fears, so pop on over to get your dose of comfort.

2 comments:

Erin said...

I follow both of you and smiled when I saw that post. How exciting! =)

TerryLynnJohnson said...

i did love that post.