As we all know, it's Thanksgiving, a time for thanks, giving, and good food, specifically turkey. I owe so many people thanks: for support, for love, for kindness, for changing me for the better. Mom, who makes me tea after I kill a character because she knows I need the soul-support. My dad, who never refuses to help me with math homework and listen to my highschool woes.Friends reading the blog, you know I love you and thank you so, so, so much for accepting me & all the trouble that comes along. You're the best, FAM.
But I especially owe a HUGE thanks to the YA community on Twitter. Ladies and gents, y'all are the best support system and network of friends a reader and writer could ask for. I hope someday to join your ranks, to cry over character death and admire all the awesome. I nearly quite writing last year after a certain event happened and through reading your books, seeing your friendships, I knew I couldn't quit. That, and the ideas wouldn't stop coming.
I must also thank my cello squad. Y'all have a special, cello-shaped space in my heart.
Thank you, too, readers, for clicking on the link time after time, reading the stuff in my head that splattered on (virtual) paper. You guys are amazing.
So, on this day of Thanksgiving, tell your family and friends you love them. Just hearing it, those three words, can turn an entire day around.
There's a hashtag on Twitter that is ALL ABOUT ThanksGIVING called #GiveABook. Penguin Random House started it, and for every tweet, they'll give a book for a child in need. It's simple, those three words. But they make a huge impact. As we enter the season of giving, Tweet the hashtag. Reading saves lives. (Another three words to take note of.)
Happy Thanksgiving,
Kaelyn
P.S. PIE is also life, particularly pumpkin pie.
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