Letters to the World

Okay– Mary Calmes has reminded me that it is time for “Letters to the World”.  Now, some of these letters are very freaking sincere, and others are, well, a wee bit snarky.  I’m going to start off with the sincere one, because it makes me proud, and then I’m going to snark my heart out.

Okay– are you ready for sincere?

Here’s really damned sincere:

Dear volunteer translating crew of Vulnerable– 


I am overwhelmed.  You took on the task of translating my first published story– warts and all– for the sheer love of what you were doing.  You each picked a chapter and went for it, and then gave it to me to publish.  At first, I was reluctant– it felt as though you’d done all the work, including pick out and purchase this gorgeous cover for me, but you all, in your generosity, told me it was okay.  You enjoyed the work.  You wanted people to read this book and see your work on your resumes.  And you wanted my work to be seen.

What you’ve done speaks to so much that I believe about literature– even genre fiction– and about how it is universal, and how it speaks to people and not academics, and how it is important to our voices as human beings.  I’m honored to have been your translation project, and I’m thrilled to introduce your work to the world.  Thank you, a million times a million– I cannot possibly find words for you.  I have been difficult to reach, and tardy in my responses– much of that was my unfamiliarity for what I was doing, and a plethora of other things crushing in my head.  But part of that was the feeling that I had nothing to offer you besides this story, and I was humbled by your work.      

Thank you so much.  I’m so proud to announce this to the world–

Vulnerable, by Amy Lane.  The Italian Translation.  Now available on Kindle.

Sincerely, all of you,

Amy Lane

*whew*  Okay– that was sincere and heart felt.  Are you ready for the snark?

Here we go: