I received this card from a very dear friend who has been in my life for quite some time now.  It made me realize how many of you I've never met and yet you've touched me in some kind way. 

 

Not a day goes by that I don't hear from a reader, if only to thank me for the few hours in which they are immersed in one of my stories.

 

Or, perhaps, they write with some insight on geography, history, an espionage tactic, or a new technology that will show up in future books. 

 

(By the way: I do update previous books. I did so on HA26 Doomsday Diary when a reader discovered that not all changes of a secondary character's name was caught in time for Amazon's pre-ordered books. Thank you, Tabitha!)

 

Readers, you teach me. You nurture me. You appreciate me.

Even from afar, you are a dear friend.