Oct 11
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29 in Sunday Times paperback chart – thank you!
A day’s work done and lovely news from my editor. IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER has crept up to number 29 in the Sunday Times paperback charts. My husband asked me how I felt and really, the overwhelming emotion is gratitude. People have taken the time and trouble, not to mention the expense of precious pennies in this uncertain financial climate, to buy my book and put it up there on the charts. So I want to take this opportunity in a blog to thank all the readers of the Rivers novels, not only for buying it, but for your warm support, many emails and FB messages that have poured in recently and to whom I always reply to personally. It’s you who have made MIDWINTER such a success. Thank you! I will never forget this wonderful publishing month of October 2011. It has been everything I could have hoped for and more! Last night I spoke to a lady called Jill, who told me that my previous book EAST END ANGEL had come into her life when she was at her darkest point. She said the book tipped the scales and seemed to encourage her interest in life again.For the first time I realized how much of a responsibility I have to readers – to anyone who seeks inspiration to help them out of a ‘dark place’. And if that is the single cause for writing and producing my stories, then that is my life’s ambition fulfilled. I hope to continue to be able to do this, to provide an escape route which otherwise wouldn’t be there. There is always light at the end of the tunnel and this is my core belief and the reason why I write. So I hope to continue and with each book learn more about human nature, its brilliance, its strength and resourcefulness. Thank you, everyone! This day is very special and I owe it all to you. I hope that I can give something as rewarding back with the next book – and the next – and hopefully continue to be blessed with, (as my fav tec Poirot would say) “zee hard-wearing and creative leetle grey cells!”
