As an author, you're really grateful for the people who are supporting you, but on some other level, that can be a dangerous echo chamber.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers.
My family and friends have been monumentally supportive from well before I was a published author.
This is a gift that God has given me. I'm not smart enough to write for everybody, but it's the love in these books that comes from Him and goes out to my reading audience. I'm forever grateful for that. It's a privilege.
What I hope my writing reflects... is a sense of the connections between all human beings... and a different perspective on the true nature of courage. For me, those are things worth exploring and writing about.
I'm somebody who deserves to be supported and encouraged to continue my work because I have a lot to give.
I don't think I'll ever stop being grateful to my readers for everything they've done for me.
I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the things I'm concerned with.
I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.
I'm supremely grateful and seriously pleased that readers enjoy my words.
I've always been very grateful that enough people have enjoyed reading what I've written that I've been able to pursue writing professionally.
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