In ways too numerous to mention, significant contributions were also made by Jen Davis-Kay, Katherine Gilmartin, Rebecca Hall, Rob Field, Carmen Carter, Kate Maynard, the late Dr. Jo Trifilo's insightful comments and careful critique gave me a new perspective on the story. Ann Thryft's considerable knowledge of the time, place, and culture deepened my own understanding of the story and its characters. Lisa Liel, whose enthusiasm for the story rekindled my own enthusiasm, showed me how I could take a good idea and make it better.

Susan Strouse helped me overcome a major stumbling block at a crucial turning point. To everyone who was willing to read a work in progress, sometimes more than once, I offer my gratitude and the assurance that everything they had to say about it mattered. For me that person is my friend and editor, Donna Trifilo, who, in addition to all of the above, pushed me through the hard times. It is an extraordinary piece of luck for a writer to find someone who is willing to discuss a work in progress, someone who can enter the world of the story and gossip about the characters as if they were real people, who will question their motivations, scrutinize their actions, complain when they step out of character, and cast a light on a side of them their creator may have missed - someone who will take the work as seriously as the author does.

Many people offered advice, support, and encouragement during the 'quite some time' it took to finish this project. All characters depicted herein are the product of the author's imagination and do not represent any actual persons, living or dead. Boulder Creek, California Table of ContentsĬopyright (c) 2008 by Catherine M.

A Hero's Tale by Catherine M. Wilson