Acknowledgments:

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Publish a book, I said. It’d be fun, I said.

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Many thanks to J. D. Spero and Theresa Elsey Skov, who stepped in to read an unpolished manuscript and help me see things clearer. I tip my hat to artist Egle Zioma, taking the vaguest of vague visual ideas from me and turning them into something dynamic and exciting. <Strives to say something clever in Latin. Fails> Additionally, I offer my appreciation and thanks to Alexander (Sasha) Volokh, stepping in here and there to verify—or, more often, correct—the Latin in my manuscript. And from the bottom of my comma-misplacing heart, I sincerely thank Tanya Gold and MeriLyn Oblad, editors extraordinaire who have taken in stride my eccentricities of voice and style and have worked to help me give you, dear reader, the book you have in hand today.

Let me also express so, so much thanks for the never ending support which I find at home. ♥

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. . . Publish a book, I said. It’d be fun, I said.

To the folks who made it fun: I thank you.