Life is an awesome journey through the unknown, a priceless adventure of countless experiences. We are the pilots of our passion. We never control the outcome of our choices but with each step we navigate the road ahead. What you do with your life is up to you and nobody else. It’s impossible to be everything to everybody. Please don’t die before you decide to live life to the fullest. Release your sexual inhibitions. Dance naked in the rain. Love and make love to yourself; you’ll be happier.
Remember, no man acquires success independent of another. For my achievements I’m thankful to the Creator, my publishers, editors, agents, family, friends, and to each of you. I acknowledge and appreciate your emotional and financial support. You are a blessing to me and I pray somehow, even in a small way, that I too have or will positively influence you.
The main reason I smile is because of my son, Jesse Bernard Byrd, Jr. Honey, you’re the best. I’m proud to be your mom and I love you unconditionally. Another reason is my guardian angels—my mother, Elester Noel; my father, Joseph Henry Morrison; my great aunt, Ella Beatrice Turner; and my great uncle, Willie Frinkle—always lift me up when I need them. Wayne, Andrea, Derrick, and Regina Morrison, Margie Rickerson, and Debra Noel are my siblings. Thanks, guys, for always believing in me.
I genuinely appreciate all of my Facebook friends and fans, my Twitter followers, my MySpace crew, and my McDonogh 35 Senior High alumni. Happy thirtieth reunion to my class of 1982!
To Latoya Smith, Karen R. Thomas, Linda A. Duggins, and Jamie Raab for supporting my career at Grand Central Publishing. Latoya, congratulations on your accomplishments. I look forward to working with you as my new editor and enjoyed getting to know you better during our time in the Bay Area. You’re a brilliant woman. I wish you the best of everything.
Thanks to my editor and friend, Selena James at Kensington Publishing Corporation. To Steven Zacharius, Adam Zacharius, Laurie Parkin, Karen Auerbach, Adeola Saul, Lesleigh Underwood, and everyone else at Kensington for growing my literary career. In loving memory of Walter Zacharius. It is my honor to be a part of your undying legacy to the world of literature. Your spirit will dwell within me forever.
Well, what’s an author without brilliant agents? I’m fortunate to have two of the best agents in the literary business, Andrew Stuart and Claudia Menza. You are appreciated.
By the time you read this, Soulmates Dissipate the movie will be scheduled to premiere in theaters. I thank everyone that is making this seven-film project possible—Leslie Small, director/producer; Jeff Clanagan, CEO of Codeblack Entertainment and producer; Dawn Mallory and Jesse Byrd, Jr., producers; Richard C. Montgomery (my best friend and business partner); and all of my fans.
Wishing each of you peace and prosperity in abundance. Visit me online at www.MaryMorrison.com, sign up for my HoneyBuzz newsletter. Join my fan page on Facebook at Mary Honey B Morrison, and follow me on Twitter @marybmorrison.