ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PORTIONS OF THIS BOOK HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPEARED IN
different forms in the following books and periodicals: Writer's
Digest Guide to Literary Agents, Mystery Scene, Mystery Writer's Source
Book, Science Fiction Chronicle, and Writer's Digest. I am grateful to edi-
tors Kirsten Holm, Ed Gorman, Dave H. Borcherding, Andrew I.
Porter, and William Brohaugh for their encouragement and for giv-
ing me a chance to test my wings.
Thanks to my editor at Heinemann, Lisa Barnett, whose faith in
this project and whose expert shepherding made it possible.
Thanks also to production editor Melissa L. Inglis and publicist
Heather L. Smith for their excellent work. Additional thanks to my
associate at the Donald Maass Literary Agency, Jennifer Jackson,
whose comments on the manuscript and proofreading were invalu-
able, and who held down the fort while I completed the manuscript.
Thanks also to my clients and to all the fiction writers who have
so generously shared their journeys with me over the years. This
book would not be possible without them.
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