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Keris Fox's avatar

THIS MADE ME CRY. So so proud of you. (Also I didn’t know you got 7 figures for Silvercloak, fuck me 🙌🏻)

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Meagan M.'s avatar

This made me cry and I can't thank you enough for sharing! I've been a reader and supporter since your Query Doctor days, and was one of those people who bought your first book (and every book since, even if I had to order from the UK). It makes me so happy and proud to see that all your hard work has paid off, and you deserve all the success you've been having. As someone who, admittedly, let myself give up on my dreams of writing, this post gave me the push I needed to try again. Thank you again for this, and congratulations!! I'm so thrilled for you!

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Monica Hay's avatar

🥹 I love this story so much Laura! I just finished Our Infinite Fates and DAMN GIRL you broke my heart (in a beautiful way). I loved it so much! Now I'm off to read all your other work ❤️

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Samantha Gonda's avatar

Thank you for writing this! And congratulations on all your accomplishments ❤️

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Ellery Frost's avatar

Wow what a beautiful wild determination — I absolutely loved reading this!! Thank you for sharing the road, I think it’s so encouraging to hear how other authors are doing it :)

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Katie Higgins's avatar

I love love love this. I admire your tenacity so much! I gobbled up OIF in two days and I'm halfway through Silvercloak now and it is so good, it is everything I love about epic fantasy. Thank you so much for sharing these stories and the story behind them. x

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David Deane Haskell's avatar

That's an amazing success story. Love it! 😍

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Lori Twining's avatar

Congratulations, Laura! This is a wonderful story for all the writers crying in their windowless basement office, still writing, and wondering if they will ever get a publishing deal. You are quite the inspiration. Thank you for sharing your story with us. I'm wishing you all good things. Happy writing! ❤️

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Katelynsam's avatar

Wow, love how you’re sharing all of this, and it really is inspiring. Congratulations! Sounds like you’re celebrating a much-deserved victory. It took me 6 books and almost a decade to get an agent and even after I did, my book died on sub with 2 different agents. Those years were a rollercoaster and very rough emotionally. Now I’ve drifted into the indie publishing space and discovered a gift for designing and illustrating my own covers and future books, which I don’t believe I ever would stumbled upon if I hadn’t branched out on my own. I may very well try traditional publishing again for future projects, but I’m more content now with my writing career than I’ve ever been, so that’s a blessing in it itself. Congratulations again!

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Internet Illiterate's avatar

Congratulations!!!

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Kemper's avatar

Just chose Our Infinite Fates for my BOTM! So excited to read it.

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Michelle Marie McGrath✨🌿's avatar

Wow thank you for sharing the harsh ups and downs. Your passion, determination and hard work won through! Well deserved. Amazing!

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Robby Weber's avatar

this was so wonderful to read 🥹 congratulations!!!

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

Holy shit!! This is the most inspiring thing I’ve read all week (probably all year!) THIS is the true definition of never giving up on your dream! Thank you so much for sharing!!

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Naomi Jones's avatar

I think so few writers have a linear journey to success. I found it really inspiring reading about yours - what struck me the most is how much grit you have. I can't wait to read Silvercloak - it sounds epic!

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Margot Winterhalter's avatar

I'm so happy to see you posting here ! I deleted Instagram and I was worried about missing important news about your books so I'm thrilled ! I'm reading Our infinite fates and I can't wait (hoping, fingers crossed) to see Silvercloak in France.

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