Anna DeStefano's Blog

I don’t say that enough.

There will never be enough thank yous to express how much your support and friendship mean to me. Or how important the personal side of this publishing business is to me–my relationships with readers and fellow writers are what keeps me going when my job gets difficult. You’re my inspiration. My smiles. My “work just a little harder to be sure it’s right.” You’re my family.

I lost someone close to me last week–hence the abrupt silence as I finished up my manuscript draft and should have had more time to share with everyone, instead of less. My grandmother, Mary, was 91. A classy, sassy, never-without-a funny comback lady you’d have loved to meet. I’ll miss her terribly. But I also know how blessed I am to have had her in my life for 41 years. She adored my writing and my family and my success and anything else that made me happy, and she was adored in return. We should all be so lucky, to know that kind of love. And I was, every time her eyes twinkled my way.

So, thank you for waiting for me to come back. I’ll be posting daily again as I ramp up to write a new book, to promote the one out in less that two months, to edit the one I just turned in for editorial review and to plan new proposals that need to be completed soon if I want books out past June 2010.

And I’ll be trying to find that twinkle in my own eyes again. It’s coming back slowly–I should be classy and sassy and funny myself, by the time I leave for RWA Nationlals next week, to teach and network and learn and have fun with even more friends ;o) At least that’s my goal… Come find me in DC and let me know how I’m doing!