And now for something completely different

Ok, so this is not related to my publishing journey, but this is pretty awesome all the same.

A few months ago Charlaine Harris began taking questions to be answered in the paperback edition of the final Sookie Stackhouse novel, Dead Ever After. I figured what the heck, I've got questions, I'll submit them. To my surprise I receive an email that 3 of my questions have been selected and will be published.

Today I purchased that book and got to see this.

MY NAME IN PRINT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!!!!

Okay, so it is in someone else's book, but come on! You have to admit that is freaking cool. How many people get to say that?

It looks pretty good on the page, if I do say so myself. Hopefully the next time I see it, it will be on the title page of my own novel debut novel. :)

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