Acknowledgements
I want to thank the following people who have helped in a variety of ways to make this book possible: Michael Arnzen, Stephanie Bond, Lawrence Connolly, Bryan Dietrich, Nalo Hopkinson, Richard Hutchinson, Lee McClain, Renee Nelson, Cherie Shulter, my colleagues at Seton Hill University who expressed interest and shared congratulations, and all the wonderful faculty and students in the Writing Popular Fiction program whose skill, achievements, and warm camaraderie were a constant inspiration to me. A special thanks to Heidi Ruby Miller of Dog Star Books for showing interest in the text. And a very special appreciation to my wife, Carol, for her love, support, and long patience with all the time that goes into writing. My best to each of you.