A Star to Steer Her By
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I can’t say enough about what a wonderful, amazing, transformative experience it is to sail on a tall ship. Unfortunately, SEAmester as I knew it doesn’t exist anymore, but there are other sailing programs for high school and college students. For additional information about semesters at sea, check out Sea Education Association (www.sea.edu) and Tall Ships America (www.tallships.sailtraining.org).
Acknowledgments
My deepest gratitude to:
My agent and friend Josh Getzler, for believing in this project, and to Danielle Burby for her editorial suggestions on the earliest drafts.
Stacy Cantor Abrams, Alexa May, and Kendra Wiebke for their brilliant edits; Letitia Hasser for the stunning cover; Curtis Svehlak, Holly Bryant-Simpson, Candace Havens, Liz Pelletier, and the whole Entangled Embrace Team.
Lauren Layne and Mary Jo Putney, for the lovely blurbs—I’m so honored!
Dr. Ron Stricoff, for his medical expertise; Mike Pinto, for his advice on firearms; Victoria Smith at Sea Education Association for help with some sailing details; Alina Newman for her Spanish translation (and over three decades of friendship/second mom-ness!). Any mistakes are my own.
Julie Trelstad, for her help with my website.
Kat Sherbo Grospe, for inviting me to sail with her on the SSV Corwith Cramer and for reading one of the earliest drafts.
Jen “Jescott” Wills and Kristy “Ty” King for reading many drafts and offering boatloads (ha) of feedback, advice, and encouragement.
Nicole Pinto, for reading, brainstorming, and Friday nights of Grimm, veggies, vino, and vodka.
Robin Ruinsky, for reading, brainstorming over gallons of coffee, and years of moral support.
Julie Young, for reading, proofreading, brainstorming, and for over two decades of friendship, beginning with watching The Man Without a Face one quiet night in the Amagansett dorm.
Meredith Giordan, for editorial guidance at all hours of the day and night (often combined with discussions of The 100, Supernatural, romance novels, and life in general).
Robin Rue, for many years of wonderful advice and encouragement.
Veronica Wolff, Clara Wolff, and Jennifer McAndrews for their thoughtful story insights.
Helen Lowe, for moral support and encouragement from the far side of the world.
Genevieve Gagne-Hawes, Jenny Kelaher, Alice Martin, Michael Mejias, Alec Shane, Stacy Testa, Joe Volpe, Samantha Wekstein, Katie Zanecchia, Colleen Farrell, Susie Townsend, and Joanna Volpe for their advice and support on this journey.
Jill Jazwinski and Robin Mendez, for three decades (did I say that out loud?) of best-friendship, and for letting me take back the 20-page illustrated letter I wrote to you guys while on SEAmester—it helped with some important ship details I’d long since forgotten (like hot deckhands bucketing water over themselves).
Howard Shore (though he doesn’t know I exist), for his scores for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies, which got me through many hours of writing and rewriting and rewriting some more.
So many thanks to the Transderm Scop patch that now enables me to go on a multiple-day sail without hurling over the leeward rail.
And last but not least, thank you to the schooner Harvey Gamage for weeks of seasickness and misery, squalls, sunsets, starry skies, bioluminescent seas, bow-riding dolphins, and a voyage I will never forget.
About the Author
Beth Anne Miller has loved the sea for as long as she can remember, a love which led to a college semester aboard a schooner. She returned with fond memories of the exhilaration of being on a ship, under full sail and less fond memories of hurling over the leeward rail.
Her first novel, Into the Scottish Mist, was published by The Wild Rose Press in 2011. Beth Anne lives in New York and is looking forward to her next voyage at sea.
You can find Beth at www.bethannemiller.com.
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