An Inspiring Experience - Jody and The Ghost Mirror

I was in Montreal this weekend when my good friend Jody showed me something that made my mouth drop open.

She had bought a copy of The Ghost Mirror.

I hadn't seen what it looked like in paperback at that time as my copies hadn't arrived from the publisher. I looked at her copy and took it from her gently.

It was the first time I held my book my hands. My book, my words on a printed page. It was an inspiring experience. It was weird for me holding this little book knowing that all my words were inside its covers.

I ran my fingers over the title and my name underneath. It truly was a bizarre thing and something I don't know that I'll ever get used to.

My name, on a book! Can you imagine?

She asked me to sign it for her and I had a little bit of a panic attack: What would I say? What would I write? I hadn't practiced my signature, what if it ruined the page? How could I sum up my thanks in a few words?

Thankfully, I kept it simple. To my Darling Jody, I wrote. Thank you for your support and your friendship. Love, Jamieson.

The words seemed somehow inadequate; they didn't come close to the amount of thanks I felt, to the amount of gratitude that I had for Jody. She has been one of my biggest supporters and the words seemed to fall short of what I felt inside. This is often the case with writing and I had to content myself with what I had written.

I handed the book back to her and then Jody began asking me questions about The Ghost Mirror. I don't know if Jody was aware of how much her questions meant nto me; how much her enthusiasm, her bright eyes as she talked of Mave and what befalls her in the novel brightened my day. I don't know if I could ever repay her for those questions, that enthusiasm.

I was doing what I had wanted to do all along: talk with someone about a book I had written. I didn't matter that Jody was a friend. The fact that she loved the book as much as I did was incredible. The fact that she worried after Mave as much as I did was a gift to me.

I've been anxiously waiting for my copies so that I can relive the experience all over again. Thankfully they're coming tomorrow, on my birthday. It's neat how things work out that way.

And still, a few days later, every time I think of the light in Jody's eyes when she talked of Mave, I feel a warmth.

Jody has given me the inspiration and the kick in the behind I needed to start the second novel in The Ghost Mirror series. It's titled The Silver Glass and it tells a much darker tale.

I hope that you're looking forward to it as much as Jody is.

For more information on The Ghost Mirror make sure to visit www.theghostmirror.blogspot.com. The Ghost Mirror is available at Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974053775