My other Editor

Heidi.

Heidi is one of my best friends. 

She is smart and funny. She is kind and loving. She gives great hugs. She loves her family, chocolaty gooeyness from Domino's, my yummy chicken salad and a good book. She's also an English nerd. :) (I say that lovingly, as well as adoringly).

And I am lucky blessed enough to have her for my friend and my other editor. She helps me so much and she makes me want to put on my writer's cap!

She just finished editing Knowing Amelia for me (it might be my favorite book I've written) and she sent me this email.

How do i know a book is amazing??..... it leaves me wanting more... an epilogue, a really long one that gives a day by day account of every other awesome thing that happens in their lives... the way the rest of their lives went... you know it turns out amazing for them, but we all want that ending... we all crave the beauty of hope and love and joy. We become so attached to the characters, we feel that they are our friends. You hope for them, you cry with them, you root for them. You wish them the best. It leaves you pondering about their lives, the moral and lesson learned long after the last page has been turned. I'm a blubbering idiot right now, still crying even though i'm done with it!

Jen, you have done amazing with this book! I loved it before, and I love it even more the 2nd time through. I can't stop crying! I can't stop thinking about it! This book needs to be plastered in every bookstore and on every shelf... it is one of the sweetest books i have ever read. I also know a good book when it makes me want to be better. In this case, to love more fully, to not take life/family/love for granted. To have faith. To trust. And to curl up a little more often in sweats with hot coca and enjoy those little moments that are precious beyond measure.....

i'm seriously still crying my eyes out as  I type this, as I am sure I will be for much of the day. I really cannot thank you enough for letting me read this, to be a part of it, to be a part of your life and friendship! I love you my dear girl! I am so very very grateful :) xoxo

love heid 

Here are a few quotes that express my feelings better than I can:

 the best thing about this one is that  I do!!! ALMOST 30!!!!!! :)