Happy New Year, Blessings, most of all Thank you.

HAPPY NEW YEAR. Greetings from the Bluegrass,home of Kentucky Derby.  Sending all that read my blog the best wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous new year, filled with dreams that come true. 

Thank you United Kingdom.  Many sincere thanks, once again, for putting The Chosen One and Iron Horse King on the top of your list!  I sold more books last year in Europe than in the US.  Thanks to your support I think I am helping the trade deficit and am especially happy to be being paid in Pounds.  I really cannot believe how good the United Kingdom is to me and I really, really appreciate it.  In some fantasy I am wishing to get back to London, Scotland, Ireland and Paris in 2013 if I am very lucky. 

Even if I cannot make it back (the dollar is really weak right now) I am thankful for your support.  Great reviews on Iron Horse King (thank you reader in South Carolina and Australia.  It makes me feel blessed and reminds me how lucky I am.  Oh, I will not forget my last fantastic review on The Letter, thank you so much for that amazing review, that book got dogged at first, so a good review means a lot. 

It also makes me being a writer REAL in my own head.  It was a long journey to get to this place and I cannot believe I am here.  But when I get those kinds of reviews, yes, I do cry with joy because it means I am a real writer.  Thank you so much to all of my fans, family and dear friends that give me support, kind words and editing help.  I could not do it without you.  I am working on my  Magic themed book and have a goal to have it out by February 12, 2013. 

Plug for Once Upon A Misty Bluegrass my last book.  Words for this book - patriotic, Kentucky Derby, Irishman hunk, moonshine, mist on the bluegrass, rainstorms - so much more. 

Oh and THANK YOU AMAZON FOR MY PROMOTION ON CHRISTMAS DAY.  I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.  OH MY GOSH.  MY BOOK WAS ACTUALLY IN THE RE LINE.    

Thank you fellow Indie writers for providing inspiration as well.  I have read some fantastic new authors with really amazing new stuff.  (That sometimes makes me jealous in a good way but also makes me know that I must work that much harder). I found Julie Anne Long this year and reading her almost made me want to quit writing because she is that good.  Yet, I soak up every book and am inspired that after reading romance my whole life, I see someone come out of the gate and just blow the genre away.  So, I need to work harder to compete and I will, all while enjoying the new Indie writers that help add texture to my own writing and enjoyment to my life.

Thanks again to everyone that has taken my writing journey with me, supported me, gave me kind words and just gave my books a chance. I send blessings and thanks again to everyone that made 2012 so fantastic.  2013 is starting out better than even last year and I am too beside myself to put my feelings to words. Except to say thank you, once again.