I Don't Want My Readers Slowed Down

Concentrate On Doing The Job, Not The Fear.

The Note Said The First Clue Was "in The Big One." I Looked At The Jumble Of Letters That Followed, And I Saw No Pattern. Not Such A Surprise, Since I Was Missing The Puzzle Chromosome And Couldn't Do Puzzles Designed For Nine-year-olds.

I Wasnt Always A Writer. When I Went To College And Majored In Fine Arts, I Was A Painter. Then I Was A Stay-at-home Mom.

I Took All Of My Rejection Letters - There Must Have Been Thousands Of Them In A Huge Box - And I Went Out On The Curb And Burned Them All, Crying.

You Need Teeth Like Mine!" Grandma Said. "you Can Just Mail 'em To The Dentist!