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Exactly four years ago, I was working at a high-paying job that was so stressful, I was getting daily migraines and chronic ulcers. I worked morning, afternoon, evening, middle of the night, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas... You get the point. After finally mustering up the courage to quit, I immediately threw myself into the next job search, full of stress and guilt over what I perceived to be another career failure.

Luckily for me, I had a husband who literally picked me up and planted me in front of my computer, telling me to forget the job search for a few weeks and to do something creative instead. "Try writing," he prompted. "You're so good at it. Why don't you write a book?"
"About what?!" I protested.
"Whatever you want."
"But--"
"Just shut up and write! Whatever comes to mind, just write it down and see what happens!"
And so, with nothing else to do, I wrote.
The words tumbled out almost feverishly, as though they'd been waiting for this moment for the last 30 years. Less than seven weeks later, the first draft of The Awakening was finished... And now, here I am, about to publish my 10th book - and I couldn't have done ANY of this without my readers. (Or my extremely persuasive husband!)
๐ฆ๐ผ, ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐'๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ. ๐๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐-๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐, ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐๐ฌ! ๐ง๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐! ๐ง๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐, ๐'๐น๐น ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ $๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด! ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ถ๐, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐น
Thank you all so much, and as always, HAPPY READING!