The moment we’ve all been talking about for a week, and that I’ve been anticipating since May, has finally come. This is my last post as a member of the Wicked Authors. Partings are difficult and this one particularly so.

I will miss my fellow authors and readers. Some of the relationships created here are among the most meaningful in my life. I have appreciated every one of you—your contributions, posts, and comments, and your general good cheer. What a lovely place this has been—and no doubt will continue to be.

As I have assured my fellow Wickeds repeatedly, I am #notdying. I’ll still be around on some social media platforms and can be reached via my website. I extend that invitation to all of you. The Wickeds have said I can visit as a guest author if I should ever be published again. So maybe I’ll see you here. Not shutting the door. More of a “so long” than a “farewell.”

Take care of yourselves. Have great holidays. And thank you, thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
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