Escape Route (Murder Off-Screen Book 1) (17 page)

Authors sit in a room, in a closet, next to the washing machine. Maybe a booth at the coffee shop. It appears we are alone.

We are not.

So many people push, pull, pray, prop us up that as I compile my Thank You list, I realize it only scratches the surface.

Charlene Raddon: Author, Cover/Graphic Designer, Editor, Beta Reader. Most importantly, Best Friend.
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Betty Mason: Always there, chock full of wisdom and kindness.

Donna Foster and Louisa Marshall: The best part of my inheritance.

Douglass Seaver: Author, Classmate, Boating Advisor. Never-failing Friend.

Dan Recer: Taught me about hard work and honor and honesty in every endeavor.

Dan Cook: Echo Echo Romeo. The only sailor a girl ever needed.

GA VanDruff started writing at twelve. First published at thirty-two. Life does get in the way. What happens is—experiences creep up behind you and you get to put them in books.

She sailed the Chesapeake Bay, crewed in the Caribbean, loved her Lab, Dexter, and never once met a ghost. The gecko in her life? They shared many a sunset on the deck in St. Augustine.

Two more books in this series will release in October, 2016 and February, 2017. You are invited to sign up for a twice-yearly newsletter at
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I love the time I spend with Jaqie and Doofus and José! I hope you do, too. The chapter with Jimmy in the ER was a tear-jerker for me to write, and I was glad when it was over!

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Happy reading and the best for you and yours.