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Kerani Arpaia's avatar

Your words always feel like falling into a well. I love the rawness of these letters and thank you for sharing them with us ♥️

I’m so sorry to hear about your grandmother’s decline. My Oma also paints, so I understand what you mean about knowing someone through their art.

Something that helped me on my querying journey was the knowledge that sometimes an agent will pass on a manuscript that’s good because they don’t feel like they can market it at that time. Rejection isn’t necessarily a comment on quality. I don’t know much about the nonfiction world but I assume it’s the same.

I hope your book comes out one day. Wishing you lots of blue-filled moments of peace.

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Jessy Easton's avatar

Aw, thank you love. This means a lot. I'm so grateful to have a place to put all my words.

It's so hard to watch someone who once cared for you with such strength get to a place where they can't do all the things they once did and loved. I'm so glad she's still painting. She's such an inspiration.

Yeah, that's what a lot of the agents said. That "it wasn't the right time." So, you never know. Thank you for that reminder, love. I appreciate you.

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