by M. Mabie
I’d like to acknowledge my beta team Megan, Bianca, Wendy, Michelle P., Jessica, Michelle T., Toski and Natasha. They are so supportive and can see through my crazy ramblings to the story I’m trying to tell. Then they help me organize those thoughts into almost coherent pieces. They ask, “Mo, you can make this better?” I can. So, I revise.
Then Marion (Marion Making Manuscripts) my wonderful editor, in turn, takes those pieces and says, “No. You can do much better here and here. I think you’re trying to say…” She’s right. I revise.
Then my manuscript goes off to my second editor, Claire (Bare Naked Words, Author Services) who says, “Make this better. Stronger. Clearer. You don’t need this.” Again, I revise.
Then I sent it to my proofreaders. Candy, Jordan, Sandra, Rachel, Jackie, Michelle and Laura tell me, “All of these things can be better. Fix them.” One more time, I revise.
It’s because of all of you, Sail is infinitesimally better than what I’m capable of on my own. My team needs no revision.
Thank you to Ari at Cover It! Designs and Stacey at Champagne Formatting for making Sail look exactly how I imagined it.
To my friends in the Mo Stash and the honeybees in Take the Bait who keep me laughing, happy and moving forward. I love you.
Wendy, you’re such a blessing to me. I’m so happy to work with you.
To Chelle, Aly and Erin, I’m proud to call you friends. You’re classy, smart and talented women who know everything!
To DS, you’re becoming one of my favorite writing partners. I can’t wait to see what you do.
To Nat, you’re still mine. Forever. It’s not up for discussion.
Because it felt wrong not saying something about Laurel, I’d like to note she’s cool, too.
Danny, I love you. Thank you for putting up with me. And Blake and Casey. (And Chelle and Aly. And Natasha. And Kelly.) I can only write about love because you give me so much of it. So much that I have love to spare. Fifty-five cents worth.
M. Mabie lives in Illinois with her husband. She loves reading and writing romance. She cares about politics but will not discuss them in public. She uses the same fork at every meal, watches Wayne’s World while cleaning, and lets her dog sleep on her head. M. Mabie has never been accused of being tight lipped or shy. In fact, if you listen very closely, you can probably hear her flapping her gums. You’re encouraged to contact M. Mabie about her future works, as well as this one.
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