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Acknowledgements

I owe thanks to the many people who helped with my book and/or provided encouragment throughout the writing and publishing of In the Shadows. First is editor/publisher Robert Peett, who provided some of the early editing, book plotting advice, pointers about England and France, and encouraged me to join Facebook and start a blog. My husband, Will, helped with much of the later editing and provided the book formatting. My daughter, Samantha, created the beautiful book cover artwork. Author Sara Stinson read a pre-release copy of the book and helped with proofreading/editing.

My local author friends, Marlene Lee, Carrie Koepke, Deni Cary Phillips, and Lori Younker read early drafts of some chapters and critiqued them. Author Keija Parssinen sponsored one of my upcoming book talks and gave me much needed encouragement.

Authors John Holt, Lisa Scullard, Gerry McCullough, Glenn Muller, Christopher D. Abbott, and Maria Constantine gave advise on self-publishing. Dean Lombardo, Sofie E. Tallis, Jane Risdon, Sammy Smith, Katrina Jack, Ken Dawson, Gillian O’Rourke, Zoe Harris, Mary Fan, Mary Enck, Susan Wingate, Toni Lopopolo, Majanka Verstraete, Bustles Lloyd, John Bayliss, and many others in the literary world provided friendship and encouragement over the past few years. I’m afraid I’ve missed many more people. Please know I am grateful to all who stood by me and enabled me to create and publish this book.

Thank you, Everyone.

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  • Such a pleasure to see your success from those early Autho days - I knew you were one to watch! Hope the Shadows emerges into the bright lights of success and fame, oh and sales too, of course! Love and all good luck to a fine writer from Fan.

    • Thank you! I tried to list as many author friends as I could. I knew I was leaving out many. You are definitely one that I should have listed.

  • Huge congratulations, Susan, I'm so thrilled for you! Hope you celebrated with something suitably bubbly.

    No thanks needed sweetie, authors helping each other is what it's all about after all, we're all just so pleased and proud that you made it honey. Well done! :D x

  • Once again, congratulations Susan! It's great to see that so many of us who met on writers' sites are now being published and making something of our writing. You have given so many of your author friends encouragement and advice and you deserve every success!

  • Congratulations on releasing your book, Susan! Wow, I'm honored to see my name in the acknowledgements. If you need help with anything, let me know. I'm behind on my reading list, but I promise I'll get to your book in December, and review it as well!

    Majanka

  • Susan, you are a true inspiration; I respect and admire you as a writer and an author entrepreneur. And on a personal level I value your friendship and it is a pleasure to help in any way that I can. Congratulations and I wish you continued success.

  • From Ann

    I am not surprised that you thank and acknowledge others who helped along the way. Your interviews have been helpful to other authors, so of course you recognize generosity in others. Keep going! You are doing a lot for authors in your area, giving them an additional voice.

    Ann

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