Thread by @KaitlinCurtice

I just want to take a moment to thank my publisher, @BrazosPress and @TheJeremyWells for being so supportive on this journey to release #NativeBook.

We didn't know if it would get printed.
We didn't know how this would work in a worldwide pandemic.
But we made it.

When my first book came out, I had no idea what I was doing. I didn't know how to promote anything, didn't know how to use social media. I bought Glory Happening temporary tattoos because I thought people would buy them, for crying out loud.

So this time, when we started planning the launch of #NativeBook, I went into panic mode. I started trying to think of every idea and pursue every opportunity and these people were so graciously with me, reminding me to slow down, that their *actual* job is to launch this book.

In "normal" times, this would have been enough. But in a global pandemic, we had no idea what was coming, how to do this, but we just kept going. I kept sharing, realizing every day that this book speaks to what we are all going through right now.

They continued to encourage me.

I've written a book in the Christian publishing world that some people wouldn't consider Christian enough. I don't quote the Bible much and I use language that would make many Christians uncomfortable.

But they've taken a chance with me, and I'm so grateful.

So here's to decolonizing, to embracing story, to working together to change things and to hold space for the sacred and surprising.

I can't wait for you to read my book.

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