I didn’t see it. Lady goes around killing people for money. Boring. That’s not a book. “No, no,” Dietrich said on a long drive back from a library event in a distant town. “It’s about her redemption.”
And suddenly the book-to-be came alive. Back in my studio, I could see how it all would go. That feeling that every novelist knows. The feeling of illumination when before the room was dark.
Of course, books don’t get made by themselves. From darkness to full light requires so much support.
Many thanks to my wonderful agent, Kimberley Cameron, who saw even beyond the story I had.
I’m in love with Bob and Pat Gussin and the dangerously talented team they’ve put together at Oceanview. I am so happy and proud to be part of this lovely family.
Thank you to my husband, Anthony J. Parkinson; my son, the actor Michael Karl Richards, and his lovely wife, Kristen Houser; my brother, Dr. Peter Huber, and my brother-from-a-different mother, Roger Chow. As you guys know, I went the distance on this book. But I could not have without the support and belief that sometimes reached beyond my own.
