Well, it happened. Our small, unusual trio of writing books have officially sold 100,000 copies, which is so freaking incredible. When we launched The Emotion Thesaurus in May of 2012 and then followed up with The Positive and Negative Trait books in October of 2013, we never expected this to happen. (In fact, I remember telling Becca when we wrote the Emotion Thesaurus, I would be happy if it sold 50,000 copies in our lifetime!)
But it did happen, and all because of you. So thank you so, so, SO much–for your support, for recommending our books and website to other writers, agents and editors, and for of course buying our resources yourselves. We hope they are helping you write deep, compelling characters and stories that readers will love!
Becca and I have a very exciting year ahead, and more content planned to help strengthen your writing. We have two Setting Thesaurus books on the go which should be ready later in the year, and one exciting new project that we hope will knock your socks off. We are still finalizing everything as we head in an uncharted new direction, but as soon as we can share, we will.
Now…let’s talk Celebration!
Becca and I are giving away 10 print copies of our books, winner’s choice. This is a great time for you to snag one of our books if you don’t yet have it, refresh a well-used copy that is worn around the edges, or win a book for a critique partner as a gift. The choice is yours!
Giveaway ended – thanks for celebrating with us!
103 Comments.
CONGRATS, LADIES!!! This milestone does not surprise me at ALL! Looking forward to hearing about the millionth copy sold! 😀 Of course, I have all three books and can’t imagine not buying anything else you put out! TWEETing… *strolls off to the share button* :D…
CONGRATS! That is an AWESOME milestone to reach!
Thanks Susanne!
Yay! And one of those 100 000 is me! 🙂 Congratulations and keep at it!
Congratulations! Fabulous success to date, and more to come I’m certain.
I downloaded the free Emotion Amplifiers and have already read it, gone back several times. I’m a few years retired, new to writing romance, and enjoying the process, but get stuck in my usual go-to-words when I’m writing and editing. I would absolutely love to win the Emotion Thesaurus – think it would be very helpful for me. Cheers from Canada!
How wonderful for you guys. I have yet to do much writing, but I do plan on having your three books on hand when I do get serious about writing.
OMG you guys!!! This is such amazing news. Your books are such useful tools, so it’s no wonder they’re a huge success. Congratulations!
Whoa! I’m so impressed. Congratulations. You guys earned it and more. 🙂
100,000 copies – congrats on this milestone! So wonderful to see your success and exciting new projects in the works. Cheers!
Oh yeah, I’d love to add the hard copy to my collection. As someone else commented, I like to make notations and stick in (real) bookmarks.
We find a lot of our readers like to do this. I love reference books in print for this reason. 🙂
Oh Congratulations. I love the ebook version so much I’m going to get the hard copies so I can as you say ‘mark up’ the pages with notes.
Thanks Lana! 🙂
Congratulations!!! And a great big thank you! Thank you for having this giveaway and for opening this giveaway up internationally. Thanks also for the ebook!!! Got it!!!
You bet Celita! 🙂
Congratulations!
Toasting your 100,000 mark and here’s to 100,000 more. Congrats, ladies!
Thank you so much Diane!
*fistpump* Congrats!! You guys are so awesome. I’m glad I know you.
Thanks – you are the awesome one, though – you guys all are! 🙂
Congratulations, Angela on a massive milestone achievement! Here’s to a million more. Cheers to you both!
A million! Wow, how incredible would that be? I would probably pass out from excitement if that ever happened, LOL. Thanks so much Shelley!
Congratulations on all you’ve achieved, Becky and Angela – you deserve all your success!
Aw thanks Rosemary! You da best!
Congratulations to you both, what a fantastic achievement!
Thanks you Tori! **GROUP HUG**
That’s sooo exciting! congratulations 🙂 I always include your books on the list of must have resources at my writing retreats and workshops. Can’t wait to hear about your latest project!
Oh, this is so exciting to hear, Anne. Thanks for recommending us 🙂
Congratulations! SUch a great milestone. I have all 3 books–so I’ll let someone else win.
Thanks Carol! <3
first, congratulations! proud owner here of one of your books (emotion thesaurus). i already sent you a photo of me and my copy of your book the day i got it and i’m planning again to send another for points. hahaha!
thank you very much! looking forward to your next book!
Wishing you good luck, Eros! Verty happy you are enjoying the ET!
Congratulations, ladies, that is fantastic news!
Congratulations!! What an awesome milestone!!
Thanks Brenda–see you tomorrow at lunch!
Don’t need to win. I own all three, and they are stupendously wonderful!! Congratulations on this milestone. It’s well-deserved.
Thank you so much Kym! I appreciate the kind words! <3
Congratulations on this tremendous success. What a fabulous feeling it must be to put on the “Accomplishments” side of the equation!
It is crazy…I still feel like maybe someone should pinch me… lol!
Huge congrats!!! I frequently turn to my Emotion Thesaurus … maybe I need to check out the other two as well! Thank you AND well done!!!
Glad to hear the ET is helping you as you write, Kelly!
Congratulations!!!! I recommend your books all the time. 🙂
Thank you so much Leslie! Your recommendations are why so many have found our books. We sure appreciate it!
I’m not surprised by this turn of events! Your Emotion Thesaurus is DA BOMB & I’ve been thumbing through my newly acquired Negative & Positive Trait Thesauruses…they are right on par with their predecessor. 😀 I can’t wait to see what else you two have up your sleeves in the writerly self help books! 😀
Thanks so much, Monica-Marie! Hope you find the new two just as helpful as the ET. We loved making all of them!
Congratulations, Angela and Becca! That is just awesome! So thrilled for both of you that your hard work and creativity have paid off for you!
I just picked up my free copy of Emotion Amplifiers and am looking forward to checking it out. And I’ve recommended your books in all of my writing guides, including the one coming out next month.
Thank you so much, Jodie! And congrats on ANOTHER release! You are sure writing up a storm!
Congratulations!!! What a great milestone! I love my Emotion Thesaurus. Thank you so much for even making these types of craft books. What a brilliant move!
Thanks Karen! Very happy you’re getting brainstorming nudges from your ET. Happy writing!
Congratulations! It was only a week and a half ago where the discussion took place about how great and useful The Emotion Thesaurus was, in a Write by the Rails Facebook group post too. Congrats again!
Oh my gosh, I love hearing that people are talking about our books, because then writers know they are out there if they need help with brainstorming. Thanks so much for the congrats and letting us know 🙂
Congratulations! 🙂
I just purchased my copy of The Emotion Thesaurus quite recently!
Congratulations! I’ve been following your progress with these marvelous books for a long time. I was so excited to finally have paper copies of all three! I love how generous you are with your knowledge. I’ll be right there to buy anything else you publish. Kudos to you!
Barbara, thank you for being so kind with your praise. It lifts both Becca and I so much to know our books are really out there helping people!
Congratulations! Well deserved and earned, and this achievement couldn’t have happened for two nicer people. Great news. 🙂
Aw shucks–thank you Christina! I loved seeing all your Packer enthusiasm yesterday on FB, BTW!
Congratulations! So happy for you both. 🙂 These books are wonderful resources.
Thanks Karen 🙂
Congrats! You two, very hard-working ladies deserve this! 🙂 I keep my copy right next to my computer. 🙂
I am glad to hear it! Then it gets to help with many, many adventures on the screen!
Angela and Becca, 100,000 thanks. Your books are a writer’s best friend. (And you two are pretty awesome as well.)
You are the best–Thanks Heather! <3
If I win, this is going to my 17-year-old young daughter SO SHE STOPS STEALING MINE!! Can’t complain, really. I’m thrilled she’s writing.
LOL, that is awesome. Hurray for teen book-stealing kiddos! 🙂
Congratulations!!! This is exciting news!
Thanks so much Anita!
Great Scott! That’s amazing news guys, very well done indeed 🙂
Thanks so much for the kind words, everyone. So much of our success is due to you using our books and telling your counterparts about them. Everyday I’m reminded of what a generous and encouraging community I’ve stumbled into. I’m grateful to every one one of you. Thanks for being awesome 🙂
Three cheers on reaching 100k sold. That is an awesome milestone and well deserved. You both do so much in helping the writing community. So do your publications 🙂
What a kind thing to say–thank you Angela!
Doing the happy dance with you! What a wonderful way to start out the New Year.
Right? Such a great thing to happen to start things off with a bang. And more good news is coming, too!
We were just having a discussion on the Compuserve Books and Writers forum and these books came up. I had them on my wish list.
Congratulations on your 100,000 milestone.
Julie
Thank you Julie! 🙂 Appreciate you adding them to your wish list!
Congratulations!! I’m new to your blog but have already found out what a great resource it is! Thanks!!
Glad you found your way here, Holly!
Congrats on selling 100K copies, ladies! Can’t tell you enough how much I love and appreciate these resources. They have made a huge difference for me and I always have them close at hand while writing.
That is great to hear, Sam. I am glad they help you get those words written 🙂
Huge congratulations, Angela! And most definitely well deserved. I have all three thesauri plus your Emotion Amplifiers and I love them all! Everyone should have them. They’re so helpful. 🙂
Hugs Kelly! Thank you so much – they love you too! 🙂
Congratulations on reaching this milestone! On to 250,000 next…
I have all three books. They’re must-have resources. I reach for the Emotion Thesaurus when I’m writing more often than I do any other reference book–except for my dictionary. Thanks for making your books available to us. I look forward to your future offerings, so I can add them to my bookshelf.
Holy cow–250K? That would be…just amazing. It would blow my socks off, all right!
Congratulations! “The Emotions Thesaurus” is my most used writing tool. THANKS! I’ll email a pic.
Glad to hear it! Good luck in the draw too!
Wow, 100,000 copies – great job! I have copies, but I had no idea there was such a market for this kind of thing!
We knew these books served a need, but we never imagined the need was so great. Thanks for the congrats, Dan!
Love this great news!
Congrats to you both.
I love your books and always recommend them!
Heather
Thank you so much Heather! The personal recommendations are just so very kind!
That’s fantastic ladies, congratulations!!! I’m so happy for you both. I knew it would happen. Your books are utterly amazing!
Aw shucks, Woman! Thanks so much 🙂
Oh, I hit “buy” the minute I discovered your books – and I simply cannot wait for your next endeavors. I edit non-fiction (food blogs, specifically. I will be expanding to garden blogs this Spring and travel blogs next year.), and find fiction guidelines amazingly helpful. Thank you for a great tool!
That’s great that you use them for NF editing! One of the best parts of all of this is finding out all the different ways people use these books. 🙂
LOVE my Emotion Thesaurus!
It loves you too Jennifer! <3
Yay, so happy for you ladies! You deserve it! I do have copies of your books but they’re on Kindle. Is there a way to make that count or is it just hard copies?
Sarah, just take a picture of it on the kindle screen 🙂 Anything counts!
Congratulations! 😀
Thanks Carrie!
Congrats to you both on your milestone! It’s an awesome one and I know you worked hard for it.
Thank you Natalie. 🙂
Congratulations on your 100,000! I love “The Emotions Thesaurus,” but I can’t take a picture of it “with me” because it is never “with me.” The moment one of my high school writers sees your book, she or he commandeers it until I demand its return or buy myself a replacement copy. Since many of my students are autistic, your illustration of the body language associated with various emotions is invaluable to them.
p.s. Your blog’s great, too.
Laura, as a former educator, I love hearing about students using our books to improve their writing. And the stories about The Emotion Thesaurus helping people on the autism spectrum…well, they just keep rolling in, and every time, I’m amazed to see it accomplishing so much more than we ever imagined it would. Thank you for sharing!
Congratulations! These books are super useful, and I’m not at all surprised others liked them as well. Thank you for providing such good advice to other writers 🙂
Thank you Alyssa! I hope we keep creating work that writers will get lots of use from. We want them to stay focused on creating stories that readers will love reading. 🙂