To Roberta Bohn, for the time you took to answer my questions and for your superb Chicago inside scoops.
To my editor, Jhanteigh Kupihea, who I’m pretty sure has cloned herself at least four times. Your speed, energy, and enthusiasm have to be unmatched. Thank you for your hard work and responsiveness.
To the authors who have offered me so much advice and support, including Authors Off the Shelf, Joanna, Kylie, Kim J., Katy, Kim, Carey, and the goddesses—thank you.
To the D2 crew and the Ramies, you inspire me.
To the readers and bloggers who read and loved Sweet Thing and have been on the lookout for my next work, thank you so much. Your enthusiasm has kept me going all these months.
Heather, there are no words to express my gratitude. “Thank you” barely scratches the surface of what I want to say to you, but I’ll start there. Thank you for being passionate about this world and for being the best signing assistant EVER! And for being a great friend and all-around awesome person. Love you.
To my boys who remind me every day how much fun it is to daydream and pretend. Thank you for not letting me grow old too fast. Thank you for being my best teachers.
Finally to Anthony, a true Renaissance Man, who can build anything, weld anything, grow anything, do anything while wearing his Converse well. Thank you for making the best coffee and for the eighteen billion other things you do.
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Contents
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Page 1: Game Changer
Page 2: Lonely but Not Alone
Page 3: Journalistic “License”
Page 4: Hyperbole
Page 5: Allegory
Page 6: On Three
Page 7: Poetry
Page 8: Exposition
Page 9: Cutline
Page 10: Blank Pages
Page 11: Never Start a Sentence with “So”
Page 12: Rowback
Page 13: Enterprise Copy
Page 14: Its Fiction
Page 15: Irony
Page 16: Check Your Sources
Page 17: The Situation
Page 18: Segue
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Nowhere but Here: A Novel Page 26