Invisible Ties | Fire Emblem Awakening (Novelization)

Acknowledgements

First of all, thank you to everyone, from the people who have filled this book with comments and votes to the silent readers. Writing is one of the most enjoyable parts of my life, and one of the most consuming. I rarely feel more alive than I do when my fingers are racing across the keyboard, typing up a new scene. So to have such astounding support from you all – and to even have just a portion of my story read at all – is amazing. I could never have dreamed of getting so many reads, comments, and brilliant friends. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. My writing, and now my readers, are always a light in the dark.

To the readers of 2017...

Thank you to kimcgray95 for being one of my first fans. We met when I read Children of Legend and fell in love with it, and when you started to read my story, I was honoured. You've been here since the very beginning when no one was reading it at all, and you've watched it grow with me. Sometimes you realised I'd reached milestones even before I had! You were the first bit of belief Wattpad gave me.

Thank you to xInSainex who is possibly one of my most animated readers. I've called you my cheerleader many times before, but there just seems to be no other way of describing what you do. I've teared up too many times to count at your kind words. You've built massively on my belief. I think I've looked forward to knowing your thoughts as much as you have looked forward to reading my updates.

Thank you to AnnaBanana813 who has provided me with a huge amount of laughs. From your kind words and funny writing to the moments when we have multiple comment-conversations across each other's works, you never fail to make me smile. And I'll never forget the day when I was supremely anxious until I saw a FedEx van outside. It makes me laugh now to think of how I smiled to myself and thought of you. You also built on my belief. Thank you.

Thank you to VanillaWind because without you, Invisible Ties would still be wearing the terrible cover I made for it. We all know that we judge books by their covers, so I like to think that quite a few of my reads are down to you. Thank you for also reading along. You've built on my belief, too.

Thank you to Meme_Knightwalker geeky_girl13 Azul-Gale Nova_Yeltz and jgc5436 for all your lovely votes and comments that have provided consistent support, and to Dream_Sharer for doing all of that and a beautiful graphics recommendation in addition. That brings me to also thank MystialBlaze for your support and the fan cover. All of you have made me smile and built on my belief.

Thank you to everyone else for reading along, for voting, and for showing your support. Even if I don't quite know who you are, I can see the stats. I know you've been here at some point in my journey. There are also the almost (but not always) silent voters, like vkbloodgood killertomatoes Mads1678 Infinity_Pikachu OoAnimeLoverOo ceckocore and more, so thank you again. You've guessed it...you've all built on my belief.

Thank you to all my readers on FanFiction.net, who will most likely never see this extra acknowledgement you've been given but deserve it anyway. Just like my Wattpad #TeamInvisibleTies, you have really helped to shape this story, and to add to my belief. I've made some good friends.

Thank you to the friends and family who were my beta readers in the beginning, especially my best friend, Rin. You were my first fan years and years ago when I emailed you original fiction that I never completed, and you were the first fan of Invisible Ties, too. You've still never played Fire Emblem: Awakening, yet you encouraged me and even read some of my chapters twice. Thank you for being around for all of my life to share my brightest and darkest moments with me. Thank you for building on my belief.

To the readers who arrive after 2017, thank you, too. Your support still means the world to me and builds on my belief.

I think you can all see the pattern here. Your belief in me has given me belief in myself, and the more we believe, the better we will be able to write, because we will trust in the words we have written on the page. So I will always remember what you have done for me. Forever.

Thank you.

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