Vibrant Village ™

Ask any author and he/she will tell you this:

It takes a village to bring a book to publication.

That's why you see dedications and acknowledgments in the front of most every book--they honor and recognize all the support, advice, and encouragement the writer received from their community.

My special little village of Beaufort has been very nurturing in helping me bring my book to completion. Last night, a good friend threw a publication celebration for me.  What a joyful experience.

In turn, I wanted to acknowledge my "village people" for their role in the book. And play a role they did, for some of my friends were borrowed and inspired some of the characters in Falling Through Time. Except, in reality, my friends are all wiser, younger, more slender, and have better haircuts.

For those who ask, the narrator of the book, Summer Holbrook is not me, even though both of us worked in advertising. I was much nicer, didn't go to Yale, had a happy upbringing in a sweet little Pennsylvania town, and have never owned a penthouse or a BMW roadster.  My mother did not swill gin.

If you go here you'll see lots of party pics.  I had fun in saluting my pals, and wrote the posting in couplets. You'll soon discover that I'm not a poet--but I do hope you'll enjoy the playfulness...!