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Fade to Black
After three and a half years the Good Girls are closing up shop.
We’ve had a lot of fun around these parts—great conversations, interesting tidbits, fabulous cocktail parties, shared successes, and crazy life moments. But, as often happens in life, other priorities have swept in, making a weekly blogging commitment tricky.
You can still keep up on our various Good Girls through their individual websites (our links are found below our photos) and/or via the Facebook page Sara set up in order for us to keep a group presence. We sure hope you’ll stop by from time to time!
By now, all of the Good Girls have said farewell. Except me. So here goes…
*deep breath*
When we started this blog in July of 2006, it was done as a way to gain exposure for us as writers—a way to reach readers we might not necessarily have found otherwise. And it was sound thinking. Did I get exposure? Yeah, I guess. And for that, I’m thankful. But it was the part I didn’t expect that means so much more. You see, by simply showing up here every Tuesday, I made some really wonderful friends—people who have touched my life in ways I never thought possible…
**There’s Judy, Joe, Sharon, and Wil who walked beside me in my very first MS Walk in 2008.
**There’s Lynn from Texas who walked one for me in her home state simply because she wanted to help.
**There are the countless readers who supported my quest monetarily (I raised $2,600 with the vast majority of that figure coming from people in the mystery community).
**There’s Kate and Karen who traveled hours (from different directions) to attend one of my signings this past summer.
**There’s Dusty, whom I didn’t know before this blog, who has become a good friend–driving an hour or so (twice) to throw a little moral support my way during a recent Deadly Diva tour in North Carolina.
**There’s the time I spent with Tasha–whom I’m didn’t know before this blog–which has yielded some of my most treasured memories over the past year or so.
**And, last but not least, there’s the other Lynn—the one who won one of my contests and became a true friend in the process.
My heartfelt thanks goes out to each and every one of them…as well as to all of you, my loyal readers (both silent and otherwise).
A lot has happened in my life since this blog started. I made the transition from small press to big publishing house (yay!), I was diagnosed with MS (and am doing very well, thank you), and went through big changes in my personal life. But, through it all, the GG clubhouse was a great place to hang out. Thanks for following along, I appreciate it more than you can ever know.
And if, by chance, you care to continue along with me, I’ve started blogging daily (Monday-Friday) on my website: www.elizabethlynncasey.com. Hope to see you there!
With warm hugs,
~Laura