Little Giant is NYT Bestseller!!!!!

So, I woke up this morning a Plain Jane, and I’m going to sleep a NYT Times Bestselling Author! The Little Giant of Aberdeen County hit the list this week at #29!

First of all, thank you so much to you readers. You’ve been supportive, inquisitive, sometimes argumentative, and you all are the reason I love telling stories. There’s nothing better than the email I get from readers asking questions or sharing their own stories with me, so thank you! I spend a large part of my day stumping around in really unattractive fleece sweatpants, absorbed by imaginary people, so it’s more gratifying than you know to get those emails!

Obviously, for a writer, making the NYT list is a dream come true. But here’s the thing about dreams: They’re never quite like you imagined them when they finally happen. For instance, tonight is Taco Night in my house, so when my editor called, there I was in, yes, ugly sweatpants, making a pot of beans and panicking because my children were trying to bring earthworms inside the house while Mommy was on the phone. They couldn’t understand why I was screaming, but, trust me, it wasn’t over the worms.

Funny, when I think back, the only other phone call that was as good as this was the day my agent called to say that I had a book offer on the table, and, guess what, it was Taco Night that night, too. I was in the supermarket aisle, perusing salsa.

I guess that’s fitting, though. The best moments in life, the ones I bet I’ll remember when I’m old, are the ones that just happen: the births of my children, the fact that I broke into hysterical laughter while reciting my wedding vows, the birthday parties, Christmases, the family dinners. And without those, what would I write about?

So thanks again readers and friends, and go make yourselves some tacos on me!