Last December, in the grim, sorrowful days after Sandy Hook, I spent a week furiously reviewing pass pages (this is the final post-copyedit manuscript review) and doing what I could to make Charm & Strange the best book that I was capable of writing. When it came time to send the manuscript back to my editor, I took a moment to internally say goodbye to the story. It was a bittersweet moment, because I knew I would never work on the story again. It was finished. Forever.

Today, almost six months later, that finished book is being sent out into the world. In preparation for that, I’ve recently been asked some really smart questions that have forced me to think about what I was trying to say in writing it. I enjoy answering these questions. I’m an analytical person at heart and I can think all day. What’s more difficult for me, though, sometimes, is feeling.

I’m not sure I could answer the question of what I was feeling when I wrote Charm & Strange. But I do know what I’m feeling today. Joy. Anticipation. Fear. And more than anything, gratitude.

There are so many people who have supported and cared for this book in ways that have touched me deeply.

Thank you.

-sk

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