November 23, 2016

My Thanksgiving Letter to YOU!


Dear Friends and Readers,

This year has been a crazy one with highs and lows. Thanksgiving is all about thinking about the highs, so I’m going to let the lows go. Some of those lovely highs were being asked to join the Insecure Writer’s Support Group to head the newsletter, starting my editing business, publishing Seismic Crimes and 30 Seconds Before, and signing a contract for Tsunami Crimes.

I have all of you to thank for getting me through the craziness of these highs (and especially the lows, but we’re not talking about those).

As a writer, you helped me to realize the amazing feeling of having people interested in my books. Something I had always dreamed about but wasn’t sure if I’d be blessed with. As a blogger, you made me feel as though my thoughts, words, and ideas were valuable and interesting. When I started writing at twelve, and created my blog five years ago, I had craved these things, hoped and wished for them, and now I am so very grateful you have given them to me; a gift I’ll always treasure.

For your selfless support, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You sure know how to make a girl feel loved, supported, understood, and appreciated.

If I could give everyone a cookie (or a hunk of cheese to Crystal Collier), I would. Since I can’t, I hope this letter adequately shows my gratitude for these priceless gifts you’ve given me. I’m also giving everyone virtual hugs and sending wishes of success, health, and happiness.

Happy Thanksgiving!


XOXO,


Chrys Fey



56 comments:

  1. Great things to be thankful for indeed. Blogland sure is grand. Hope you have a happy Thanksgiving at your sea too!

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    1. Blogland really is grand. Happy Thanksgiving, Pat!

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  2. Wonderful Chrys ... it so lovely to be thanked - and everyone will be so grateful for your thoughts ... Congratulations on your contract for Tsunami Crimes ... enjoy your Thanksgiving and here's to a very peaceful and successful year ahead - cheers Hilary

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    1. Thank you, Hilary! And thanks for being a lovely blogging friend. :)

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  3. Happy Thanksgiving, Chrys!

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  4. Hi, Chrys!
    Always ready to celebrate the highs and shove those lows right done and bury them under all the falling leaves and then the snow! :)
    Happy Thanksgiving!

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    1. I wish it snowed here. I'll just have to shove the lows under a lot of dirt. ;)

      Happy Thanksgiving!

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  5. Thank YOU Chrys for joining the ISWG, Wonderful interesting post to read and above all supporting your followers. Have a great Thanks Giving Day.
    Yvonne.

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    1. Aw. Thanks, Yvonne. I am honored to have a place in the IWSG. :)

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  6. Happy Thanksgiving, Chrys. You have been amazing all year and I'm thankful for all your hard work, dedication to the IWSG and all the continuing support you give us writers. You are an inspiration!!

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    1. Shucks. You're make me blush. :) I do what I can.

      Happy Thanksgiving, Nicola!

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  7. Lovely post, Chrys! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! :)

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  8. We have a lot to be thankful for with this community. Happy Thanksgiving.

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  9. It is my pleasure to be one of your followers, and cyber friend, and seeing your successes. Congratulations on the new contract and a Happy Thanksgiving to you.

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    1. And it's a pleasure to be one of your followers and cyber friend. Thank you for everything! Happy Thanksgiving, Beverly!

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  10. Happy Thanksgiving! We're all very thankful too for the great advice you post on here. You deserve all the success you've had.

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    1. Thank you, Nick! I like to help in any way I can. :)

      Happy Thanksgiving!

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  11. What a great letter! You ARE valuable and interesting, even to us who are fairly new to you. We're thankful for you as well, especially those awesome marketing tips you recently uploaded. You're a wealth of knowledge. Happy Thanksgiving!

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    1. Thank you! I appreciate that. Knowing that everyone enjoys and finds the info I share useful makes me so happy.

      Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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  12. Happy Thanksgiving. (We'll pretend those lows didn't happen.)

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  13. And I am grateful for you, Chrys! Thank you for all of your wonderful writing tips and support throughout the year and at your blog. Happy Thanksgiving to you!!

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    1. I'm grateful for you! You do a wonderful thing with your blog, too. You help so many women.

      Happy Thanksgiving!

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  14. Awesome letter! I'm thankful for all your writing and marketing tips and advice. Happy Thanksgiving!

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  15. Happy Thanksgiving from a Brit celebrating his first Thanksgiving in US with American wife's kids, grand-kids, and great-grands.

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    1. I hope you enjoyed your time in the US.

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    2. Actually. I'm now a US resident. Moved to Boise, Idaho where she moved away from to UK, for few years.

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    3. That's right. I remember now that you talked about your move. Well, I hope you enjoyed the day, nonetheless. :)

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  16. This is so very sweet of you. Blog land is fun isn't it and so supportive. Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving!

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    1. Blog Land is the best!

      Happy Thanksgiving, Birgit!

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  17. Thanks. It's a pleasure to be part of your blogging life. Have a slice for me. :-)

    Anna from elements of emaginette

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    1. It's a pleasure to be part of your blogging life, too!

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  18. Happy Thanksgiving, Chrys. I'm glad it's been overall a successful year for you. Thanks for all that you do. :-)

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  19. Happy Thanksgiving! Great getting to know you!

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    1. It's been great getting to know you, too. Happy Thanksgiving!

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  20. As I haven't posted a blog in a number of weeks, I was reading about the "cookie policy warning" for EU readers, so when I got to the last paragraph about you being unable to give us cookies, I had a chuckle. Happy Thanksgiving, Chrys.

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  21. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. And thanks for another year of writing, publishing, promotion & marketing tips, etc.

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    1. I had a pretty good Thanksgiving, Lidy. You're welcome. :)

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  22. It's been an honour getting to know you, Chrys, and working with you. Happy happy Thanksgiving.

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    1. I enjoy working with you, too, Joylene. Happy Thanksgiving!

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  23. Happy Thanksgiving, Chrys. I'm glad it's been a successful year for you. Thanks for all that you do!

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  24. Happy belated Thanksgiving to you :)

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    1. Thank you! Happy belated Thanksgiving to you, too!

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  25. Lots to be thankful for. Thanks for sharing, Chrys.
    sherry @ fundinmental

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  26. What a beautiful letter! A wonderful time of year to stop and try to focus on the highs (it can be hard not to focus on the lows). When I think of my highs over the past year the blogging world, authors, and readers and writers I have met are at the top of the list. Always nice to have the support of our friends to keep us up when we are feeling down.

    Love the picture with the letter too. :)
    ~Jess

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    1. The support of those communities is amazing. Definitely the top of the list. :)

      Thank you, Jess!

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