>I just turned in the acknowledgments to my editor for “The Mockingbirds.” Want to guess how many people I thanked in them?
Forty-eight people. I thanked forty-eight people BY NAME.
Wow. I am either excessive or I enjoy an embarassment of riches in friends, family and professionals who made my dream a reality. I like to think it’s the latter.
Because while writing is a solitary task, conducted alone at a computer, these acknowledgments are a reminder that none of that alone-time-with-a-computer would have been possible without the pros who sold and bought the book, the family who cheerleaded and gave me space to write, the writers who read it, the experts who weighed in, the friends who cheered me on every single solitary step of the way, and the two dogs — one who’s moved on and one who’s still with me — who sat at my feet for almost every word not written in a coffee shop or an airplane. I am humbled and awed that so many people helped me realize my greatest dream!
I thank you all. Only eleven more months til you all can read it! And buy it!

I just turned in the acknowledgments to my editor for “THE MOCKINGBIRDS.” Want to guess how many people I thanked in them?

Forty-eight people. I thanked forty-eight people BY NAME.

Wow. I am either excessive or I enjoy an embarassment of riches in friends, family and professionals who made my dream a reality. I like to think it’s the latter.

Because while writing is a solitary task, conducted alone at a computer, these acknowledgments are a reminder that none of that alone-time-with-a-computer would have been possible without the pros who sold and bought the book, the family who cheerleaded and gave me space to write, the writers who read it, the experts who weighed in, the friends who cheered me on every single solitary step of the way, and the two dogs — one who’s moved on and one who’s still with me — who sat at my feet for almost every word not written in a coffee shop or an airplane. I am humbled and awed that so many people helped me realize my greatest dream!

I thank you all. Only eleven more months til you all can read it! And buy it!

Author's dog as a puppy

Author's dog as a puppy