The good news was (is?), Atlanta Burns is a character I had no trouble slipping back into. None at all. Some characters are like that for me. Miriam Black of my Blackbirds series is similar—it’s like a skin I wear, a voice I inhabit. It’s positively voodou-like, where I am the horse and the character is the spirit that rides me. I’ve got a little Atlanta Burns in me, and it takes nothing at all to tease her out.
Hopefully you enjoy her enough, because another book will be incoming in the next year sometime (first half of 2013). I have some ideas and outlines tumbling around, but more on that later. Let’s just get through this one, first.
Thanks, everybody, for supporting me, supporting her, and for helping bring stories to life.
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If you are so inclined, please donate to your favorite animal charity.
Or rescue a shelter dog.
Charities could include: ASPCA, Dogs for the Deaf, Guide Dogs of America, HALO Animal Rescue, or the Millan Foundation. I do not include PETA, as they are generally an enemy of the pit bull breed. I find their ethics and practices questionable. YMMV.
Now, go hug your pets.
And support gay marriage!
And be awesome to people.
Etc. etc.
Thanks!
Thanks To These Following Awesome Human Beings For Making This Book Happen:
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