Acknowledgements

 

This is another novel that’s been years in the making, with too many bits of input along the way for me to safely remember them all. Lyn Kublick and Eunice Matchett faithfully critiqued an early version, as did my patient husband, Russell. Thank you to my son, Matthew, for helping me better understand the character who Carol calls Creepy Voice. A shout-out to Janice Dick and Ramona Furst for the input in naming the character of Barry. Thank you to my early readers, Ruth Ann Adams, Heidi Newell, Russell Sketchley and Beverlee Wamboldt, and to everyone who contributed in any way, large or small.

 

Although Choose NOW Publishing closed its fiction line, I was greatly encouraged by Nicole O’Dell’s positive words about this story. Thank you to Valerie Comer for allowing me to follow in her footsteps in this journey into the unknown territory of independent publishing. And thank you to Angela Breidenbach for her editing insights. Any mistakes are my own.