I'm warning readers now, this is gonna be a super-duper shmoopy shmaltzy mushy gushy blog entry.



Today is my 4th wedding anniversary. And when Peat woke up this morning and sleepily kissed me and wished me happy anniversary, I almost cried from joy.



We had an awesome wedding filled with awesome things like sword canes and wedding pie and '80s music. I've never had more fun at a wedding - or any other function - than I did at my own. I spent the entire night on the dance floor (which is probably rude, considering I didn't go around to any of the tables). I was so excited I couldn't eat anything, even though we had more food than we knew what to do with, including a Viennese Room with pastries and an ice cream bar. I'd never been happier in my life than I was on that day. And yet now that Peat's book is coming out and our baby is on the way, I'm learning new levels of happiness.

The back of the UK galley calls Peat "a rising star in epic fantasy" and mentions that "a major online campaign will establish [him] as the next great fantasy brand". Peat's gonna be a brand!! How crazy is that? How proud am I? I can't wait until the actual books are in hand! After many years of hard work, locking himself in the library until all hours of the night, going to conventions, meeting with people, dealing with millions of edits and criticism, and more versions of the book than I can count, all is coming to fruition. It's just amazing.



Oh, yeah, and we're having a kid, too. Talk about crazy! Every time she kicks, I smile a little and think to myself how awesome it'll be to see her wrapped in her daddy's arms. I can only pray she gets his teeth, as I've had to have surgery to correct mine. (We've both had surgery on our noses, but mine was for purely aesthetic reasons, so I'm kind of torn on that issue.)

Anyway, my point in all of this is that it's been an amazing 4 years, and I hope there are at least 40 more to come!