*Announcement*
I woke up this morning with a tension headache. By the time I got out of bed, I was teary. And by the time I called Tiffany, I had tears running down my cheeks.
I was perusing the Crazy file yesterday and something was just … off. Peck is there. Molly’s there. The Gibsons are in rare form. There’s a LOT of goodness … everything besides that spark that I know when I hit publish says this: regardless of what this book does sales-wise, I’m proud of it.
You see, that’s important to me. I want to look at every book and know I gave it my all. That it’s the story that needed told. That I gave you, my readers, your money’s worth. That’s a big, big deal to me. I respect you and your dollars. Which is why I’m beating around the bush to type this:
Crazy will be pushed back to September 9th.
I wish I would’ve realized this sooner. Time and distance, I guess, help you see things you’re too close to see before. When I’m in a story, I love it to death. Maybe that’s the problem. I just loved Peck and almost killed him (NOT LITERALLY – CALM DOWN! LOL).
He needs a little more love. A little more attention. And I hate doing this to you because I know you’ve waited for so long for him. And Tiffany and Kim and Kaitie have done so much work in getting things ready, but … I can’t do it. I can’t give you work that’s not my best. I can’t ask you to spend your family’s dollars on anything less than … the spark. I want you to have the spark. This story doesn’t.
PLEASE don’t be upset with me. I know bloggers have me on their schedules and if they have to pull it now, I get it. You have your businesses to run the same as I do. But, at the end of the day, I’m attempting to provide you with a couple of hours worth of entertainment to let you escape from the headlines of the world. I don’t think (I hope) that pushing this back a couple of weeks won’t be construed as that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things.
Sticking to my world is also important to me. I told you it would be August 29th. But what’s also vital is the quality of the product and I refuse to put my name on something that I would have to grit my teeth when asked about.
I won’t do it. Not to me, to Peck, or to you.
I’m sick to my stomach over this. Honestly. I didn’t know what to do. Thanks to Tiffany and Kim for standing by me and encouraging me to keep the Locke brand quality high. I appreciate you both.
And I appreciate YOU.
I hope you understand.
xo

No worry about it. We know you’ll bring the best Peck there is, and he is totally worth the wait.
This is understandable! Don’t stress about it! It will all be worth the wait I’m sure, a good thing usually is!