Turn Left, Then Go Write!

DEDICATION This book is dedicated to all the writers and artists who put themselves out there. It's not easy. You subject yourself to vulnerabilities. You write from the heart and soul and some may be critical while others become your greatest fans. But we have come to realize in our literary career that it's worth it on so many levels. It's not only a catharsis for the author or artist, you influence, entertain, inform, educate, inspire, touch the lives of, perhaps change it as well for the better, maybe even save a life, when you share your own journeys of triumphs and joy, sorrow and laughter and healing, for all readers. Secondly, you keep the arts alive. What a gift that keeps on giving, long after we're gone, our words, our art, shall live on in the hearts of all those people who invested their time in you and your body of life's work. That to me is worth more than fame or fortune, and the greatest reward.