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After ten years: I thank you

6/16/2019

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I can’t really believe it’s been over ten years since I started writing about the Everflame, the bears of gray mountain, and all the rest. I’m thankful for my love of writing as well as the much needed creative outlet it brings to my life. Yet what I look back on and feel even more thankful for—and amazed by—is the people who have supported me along the journey.

No one in this world gets to do what they love without help and support from others. It is a fact both sobering and humbling. I don’t take it for granted.

And the journey hasn’t been smooth, either. I was a fool when I first uploaded the manuscript of Everflame to Amazon. I almost literally had no idea what I was doing. I wrote a book, didn’t bother to have it edited, and said, “here you go world, tell me what you think.” They did, and if I didn’t have thick skin then, I most assuredly do now. Some of the reviews I received felt like a punch in the gut. And the thing I had to come to terms with was that I deserved those punches. I deserved the criticism. I wasn’t a good writer then, and whether or not I am now I know one thing certainly: I’m a hell of a lot better.

But you know… I wouldn’t have gotten better if it wasn’t for you. Because if it wasn’t also for the reviews and support I received that told me how much people enjoyed the story of Evercloud and the Everflame, I wouldn’t have had the motivation to continue. I wouldn’t be here over ten years later ready to give you a new tale of the Everflame.

This is your book.

You made this happen.

So sincerely, truly, thank you all. I couldn’t have done this without you.

​– Dylan Lee Peters

Everflame: Mystic Wild releases tomorrow and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

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  • Live To Tell
  • Mystic Wild
  • Back Catalogue
    • The Hands of Ruin
    • The Dean Machine >
      • The Dean Machine Book Blurb
      • Preface: The True Story behind The Dean Machine
      • Chapter 1 of The Dean Machine
      • Images of the real Dean
      • Buy The Dean Machine
    • The Everflame Series >
      • Everflame
      • What is Everflame?
      • Reviewers' Reasons to Read Everflame
      • Sample Chapters >
        • Book One
        • Book Two
        • Book Three
        • Book Four
      • Map of Ephanlarea
      • Themes of the Everflame Series
      • Images
  • Author Bio
  • Contact
  • Author Blog