A Beast Sees No Beauty

Author's Note

Hello, my darling lovelies,

This was such a fun book to write. "A Beast Sees No Beauty" is the first book that I truly felt confident as an amateur writer, and I loved how it turned out. It's not perfect, and I never will say it is, but I still love it.

The total word count for my edit and re-write phase ended up being about 50,404 (as of June 22, 2020). Fun fact, I started re-writing with about 40,000 words. I added some new scenes, got more descriptive in others, and completely scrapped the old epilogue because I didn't love it.

The original epilogue wasn't in character. Vincent was too lovey-dovey, Juliet was just a typical housewife, and the kids were too perfect to be accurate. When I wrote it, I was just trying to spit something out so I could update it on time. I was ready to be done with the book. I was excited to finish it. I didn't love it, but I was gonna stick with it until I got a better idea for what I wanted.

I like my new epilogue much better. I enjoy the kids fighting with each other, Juliet and Vincent scolding them and holding them, and the overall family moment. I wanted the scene to be something that those kids were gonna remember when they were older. Something they could tell their younger sibling(s) about. Just a good memory from when they were young and scared of thunder. The old epilogue didn't have that. It was just a normal day in the household, so it wasn't memorable.

Anyway, for those that read my original epilogue, please re-read the new one. I think true fans of this book will agree that the new one suits the characters much better. 

For my new fans: Thank you for reading. Thank you for voting. Thank you for commenting on your thoughts, your reactions, and your adorably funny remarks and comebacks. Nothing makes me smile more than going through and reading what people have to say. Nothing makes me happier than seeing people vote for every chapter. Nothing makes me more excited than seeing the number of reads jump higher and higher every day.

I will be submitting this book for the Wattys 2020. I don't expect much to come of it, but I want nothing more than to get my book out there and try to get it discovered.

To put it simply, this author's note is both to update my readers on what's going on, and to get one very important message across:

Thank You.