Today, I enter the ranks of the published. (Please, allow me my SQUEE moment.) My critique partner, Karen Stivali, and I are extremely proud of Long-Distance Lovers and are excited to have it out there in the world. Funny, but my last read-thru held just as much satisfaction as the many before it. My pulse raced when Tim and Jenna had their first kiss, I giggled when Tim sat mesmerized by Jenna eating a cannoli, my chest ached when things went wrong, and of course, my heart made all…