Acknowledgements

Thanks to several of my first readers, Chris Ashton, Pam Hood, Sally Crosiar, and Jeannie Crain.

I also want to thank my good friends at the Canandaigua Writers Group, at the Wood Library. They are all great writers who help me believe that I am a writer, too.

Another great source of encouragement has been the Colgate Writers Conference. Thanks to Matt Leone, Cody Tipton, and the great writers Dana Spiotta and Paul Cody.

Finally, without the help of the kindly and erudite editor Nan Swanson this would not be a book.