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Neera Mahajan's avatar

Nice way to break the news to mum. And us. 😊

Janine de Novais's avatar

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Kate Darracott's avatar

Aaaah, what a proud mum she must be! 👏👏👏

JP's avatar

Good on you, my friend. Amazing.

My mom was a hugger too..lol

No one hugs you like your mom!

David McIlroy's avatar

Thanks John! And yes, so true!

Tracy's avatar

Congratulations and such a sweet peak into your family and relationship with Mum. 🤗😊

Frances Ray's avatar

Congratulations! And to your mum, of course.

The Naive Ignorant's avatar

This is a very sweet story. Congratulations and I hope you have many more moments like that with your mum :)

David McIlroy's avatar

Hope so too, thank you!

Solarah's avatar

Congratulations!!!!

Shital Morjaria (she/her)'s avatar

Good luck with your book journey David!

Colin Devonshire's avatar

Excellent. Well done, David.

Philip Traylen's avatar

I am definitely never telling my mum

David McIlroy's avatar

Haha fair enough!

Winkfield Twyman's avatar

Beautiful story! When I was little. I told my Mom I would write a book some day. Well, Mom passed away in 1990. Some day came for me in 2023. Still the same, I feel complete as a writer and I know Mom is happy from up above. Congrats!

R. S. Hampton, Thriller Author's avatar

Congratulations. We are all looking forward to reading this.

Charlotte Pendragon's avatar

Fantastic! Congratulations on this important milestone David! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

JustAReader's avatar

Congratulations! What an achievement.

Rick Barooah's avatar

I didn't tell my parents about my writing till last December. I'm 16 now and have been somewhat secretly writing online for more than 2 years now. They were kind of skeptical of what I was doing in my room since I sat there all day. I have spent thousands of hours on this, and I don't regret it.

It finally paid off a little when one of my poems got published in a journal. I said it to Mum and Dad and showed them the hundreds of thousands of words I've written on those online blogs.