happy birthday is happy

Today is All The What Ifs first birthday!

And it marks another awesome author milestone for yours truly!

This year has been filled with firsts for my debut novel.

First book sold.

First review written.

First time seeing my book in a library.

First time signing a copy of my book.

First time someone told me 

they stayed up allllll night long so they could finish the book.

First giveaway.

First button pack made.

And so so many more.

And it would be IMPOSSIBLE without the support 

of my awesome readers and reviewers!

Without you NONE of this would be possible.

Without you this year filled with milestones and achievements would be nothing.

I wish I could give each and every one of you a huge squeezy hug!!

Thank you.

Thank you.

THANK YOU 

from the tip of my toes to the bottom of my nose.

When I published All The What Ifs I had no clue what would happened.

Would the book get lost in the shuffle?
Would readers hate it?
Would they even give us a chance?

To those of you who gave us a chance: thank you.

To those of you who shared how much you enjoyed the book: thank you.

To those of you who helped keep All The What Ifs 

from getting lost in the shuffle: THANK YOU!

You made this year possible.

And I will always and forever be grateful.

*HUGS ALL AROUND*

p.s. today you can pick up the all the what ifs ebook on amazon for free.

p.p.s. have i expressed how grateful i am?

p.p.p.s. cause i truly truly am.

The Difference A Year Makes (not so much)

Other potential titles for this post include (yet are not limited to):

Things Ang Sorta Does But Not Really
Whaaaaaat? A Year Went By?
Bloggyversary (sorta): Holla!

Waaaaaaait for it:

this is my new favorite thing in life

That's right, ladies and gents, just shy of 14 months ago I closed up shop on a wee blog I'd been running for three years (give or take), quit my two year stint as a bookworm, said goodbye to the cuters (*bows head in a moment of silence, pours a shot of Jack on the ground*), and started out on a new endeavor, one in which I threw off my super secret ways and attempted to be less... well, super secret.

I was pumped, a ball of nerves ready to take on the world one story at a time.

And then life was all:

 And I was all:

And this lil bloggy took a backseat.

Honestly, rightly so. I regret nothing. In the last year, whilst I've been emo in the corner on the world wide web, I've been focusing on being here not just for my family and friends, but for me.

However, as I crawl out of the corner, dust myself off, and blinking step into the sun I realize just how much I've missed alllll the kool kids in my puter and this wee little blog.

Despite the silence over the last year, I *heart* blogging and I *heart* YOU. To those who've just signed on (*fist-bumps*) and those who've stuck by me throughout the last year or years (*extra big squeezy hugs*)  I'd like to say:

Thank you for stopping by, reading my silliness, 

commenting, emailing, tweeting, emoting, lurking, and allll the thing-ings. 

Your kindness and thoughtfulness over the last 14 months 

is not only appreciated but detrimental

and I am ever so grateful. 

*huggers*

In summation:

HAPPY (sorta) BLOGGYVERSARY TO ME!!!

p.s. Mayhaps next year I shall remember on time. On second thought, that would break with tradition, so I'm thinking naw.