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You picked a lot of my favorites, especially the graphic novels--all of which I've read (and in fact learned about because of this blog).

Well, yay! I like to spread the gospel of the graphic novel. :D

I'm still a little horrified that I haven't read WONDERSTRUCK when I've heard So. Much. About. It.

:sigh:

I just got my copy back from my mom. I can save it for you & lend it you next time we see each other...

Thank you for the shout-out. :-)

You are so right! And I'm trying to do just that, now that my MFA is done!

CONGRATULATIONS on that completion, Lin!

Thank you! :D

Well, I was just GRUMBLING over my advisor's revisions to my WIP and here I turn to your blog and find this. Sigh. I needed to read this. My attitude could be better!

Yep, yep; was SHOCKED by how much this was nail-on-the-head time for me, and I wrote it so long ago!! Woe, am I ever going to be in the same stage of writing development!!?!

::sigh::

Onward, writers. Onward.

I wish I could have been there. So glad thirteen was lucky.

From these remarks, I would say that Emmy and Sophie are just like you....continuing the struggle and the search for goodness...you with the writing, and them through the terrible things in their lives. I'm glad the event was excellent. I wish I could have attended to hear the beautiful words in person.

BTW, Amazon is now telling me no books until Nov. 9-12. So much for pre-ordering...lol

Beth you are being very modest by not mentioning what a HUGE crowd you had and how much applause you received because your reading was so beautiful people did not want it to end!

The book is worth waiting for. So worth waiting for.

You Are My Only is your best yet! Take that, 13!

xo

There are tears streaming down my cheeks from the experiences you've so generously shared with us on here, Beth. I'm so happy that you have such a strong support group (and know you've earned it by your own kindness to others). Thank you for being so honest and vulnerable. I am bookmarking this to read, perhaps every day, in November as I struggle through NaNo, without, as yet, even one of those place-mat type maps to guide me.

PS- I can't wait to read this book!!!

I'm glad you were able to enjoy your special evening in spite of the book shortage, and I really appreciate your sharing those remarks with us here. And what Kelly said: this is a book worth waiting for.

Look at you sipping your drink looking so happy and so lovely! My name for you from now on is 'lovely Beth'. What a perfect party. Your words always take my breath away. These are particularly inspiring. How I wish I could have heard them. Thank you for sharing them with us.

Thanks for a great class on Wednesday :)

Many, many cheers to you, Beth, for lucky #13!

And I LOVE that dress - so cool!

Congratulations!!

XO

Anna

Beautiful.

I'm so glad you enjoyed the party. I love this book and I hope the world continues to discover it and YOU. xoxo

As one of the lucky ones who was there last night: thanks for posting the excerpt from your talk. I tried furiously to write it all down—so beautiful—but didn't get it all and was going to ask you for it. Now we all can read it.

I particularly love: If you think you are a writer, if you want to be a writer, you need to read.  You need to be capable of hurting.  You need to imagine.  You need time, you need silence, you need space.  You need these things.  But if you do not also have a persevering spirit, you cannot be a writer...

That, plus how you must have every word in every sentence satisfy before you can tick a chapter toward its end. In your talks, your books, your blog, you always have such fresh and beautiful ways of saying things. The language you choose—that's why I love your books, most of all.

Last night was wonderful: sending you some iphone photos.

Tonight, after work: Reading You Are My Only (my signed, sweetly inscribed copy!) is my looked-forward-to-treat.

Aha! It's the "13" that caused the shortage of books around publication time! Yes, and the shortage of books means lots of people read books by Beth Kephart. Let's do the math:

13 + shortage = happy author

Thanks for sharing part of last night's talk. This is why I have a book blog: "If you think you are a writer, if you want to be a writer, you need to read."

(Go, Patti! You can do NaNo! If you need a friend, I'm "Bookbuddybonnie" there.)

I'd love a new NaNo buddy, Bonnie!! Thanks for the encouragement. (I'm daydreaming story as I ready things for my daughter and the two darling grands.) I'm "Peppermint_Patti." (I'll contact you if I can figure it out. I haven't looked around much yet and things are new. Or come get me, please.) : ) Again, thanks.

Very lucky 13--I've started it and think it's amazing.

What a awe-inspiring night :) You are just simply amazing.

I love these words:

"You lose faith in yourself when you write—that’s part of the process. You fight the lost faith of others. You fight your way out of the margins. You hold onto the people you trust. Perseverance is the final hallmark of a writer."

Never lose faith in YOURself.