{"id":543,"date":"2012-11-21T12:13:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T17:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/?p=543"},"modified":"2012-11-21T12:14:35","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T17:14:35","slug":"a-thankful-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/21\/a-thankful-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Thankful Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/happyturkey.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-545\" title=\"happyturkey\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/happyturkey.png?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/happyturkey.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/happyturkey.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>This week&#8217;s post will be giving thanks to everyone who has helped me in the past year and what I am most thankful for as the beloved American tradition of stuffing our faces\u00a0rolls around again.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, I am thankful for my wonderful family and friends\u00a0that put up with endless hours of me talking about\u00a0my story ideas and plans. They also endure the clicking of my computer keys on a daily basis which if its not music to your ears, must be annoying xP Love you all!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to my greatest critique buddy, <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/markedforpower\" target=\"_blank\">Margaret Alexander <\/a>who has read everything I&#8217;ve ever produced, crap or otherwise. She&#8217;s grounded me when I&#8217;ve gone off the edge and kindly tagged me in many awards. Her awesome urban fantasy thriller is about to be released, get it on your TBR list!<\/p>\n<p>Another writerly friend I&#8217;m thankful for is <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/fizzygrrl\" target=\"_blank\">Summer Heacock <\/a>who was there when I needed someone to go over pitches with or a shoulder to cry on about the publishing business. And lookie lookie who got <a href=\"http:\/\/fizzygrrl.com\/when-fizzy-met-sarah-how-i-got-my-agent\/\" target=\"_blank\">signed by an agent <\/a>\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>My slew of great blog supporters, <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/claremdavidson\" target=\"_blank\">Clare<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/rutheparlour\" target=\"_blank\">Ruth<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/nicolelbates\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/el_kat\" target=\"_blank\">Kat<\/a> who was an awesome guest blogger. All of my blog and\u00a0twitter followers!\u00a0Each\u00a0and\u00a0every one of\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/writeforapples\/twitwits\" target=\"_blank\">twitwits<\/a> who have helped hone my query and contest entries over the past few months and brought a sense of comraderie to an otherwise individual sport.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thankful for the wonderful job oppotunity I have with<a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/lisatener\" target=\"_blank\"> Lisa Tener<\/a>, who by the way, is an award winning book writing coach for any and all nonfiction writers out there. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisatener.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check her out<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Most of all I am thankful for having such loving people in my life and being able to share my stories with them and others. Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/pie.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"pie\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/pie.jpg?resize=187%2C105\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s post will be giving thanks to everyone who has helped me in the past year and what I am most thankful for as the beloved American tradition of stuffing our faces\u00a0rolls around again. 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