thank you!

Thanks to Derek, Kristi, and Eric, my friends who know way more about computers and websites than I do.  They have held my hand and walked me step-by-step through this agonizing process.  They have answered my questions without making me feel like an idiot.  They have fixed things I screwed up.  They have been a great help in this adventure.  Thank you!

Thanks also goes to my editors, Heather and Annette.  When I went seeking an editor for my first chapters, Heather did not hesitate to volunteer and stuck with me through my first few months of madcap writing.  Annette started as my Sneak Preview Girl, and then I snuck her in as a full-fledged editor as well.  Ladies, your help, comments, and suggestions have been invaluable.  Thanks for everything!

Thanks to my friend Judy.  She doesn’t read Trixie.  I don’t think she gets Trixie <g>.  But she gets fanfic and she is my professional editor.  When I can’t figure something out, or when my editors and I differ as to how handle a problem, or just need another opinion, Judy comes in and answers it for us.  I miss having you here in Lexington, my friend.  Thanks for everything you do and everything you are!

Thanks to Barbara and Cathy for providing Trixie fans with places to congregate and share our love for the girl detective and post our visions of “what happened next”…or “what really happened”…or “what if this happened instead?”.  The Clubhouse and Jix are two of the best places to be on the web and I’m so thankful I found both of them!

Thanks to my Gatlinburg Gals – Lori, Diann, Tonja, Kay, and Annette.  You were the first Trixie friends I met in person.  I was new to The Clubhouse and you all took me in and made me feel like I had known you all my life.  Thanks to you, trips to Canaan Valley, Niagara Falls, and Chicago (and many more to come, I hope!) were made possible.  And special thanks to Annette, my staunchest fan and supporter on this fanfic adventure!

Thank you to my mom and dad, for instilling and encouraging my love of reading.

Thank you to my 7th grade Language Arts teacher Mrs. Dorothy Zaye, who may have been the first teacher who taught me to truly love writing.

Thank you to Godaddy.com for providing my home on the net and taking care of all the technical details I never could figure out for myself.

Thank you to webshapes.org and all the talented designers who have created and provided templates for free that even the dumbest website builder (me!) can figure out how to use.   

And thank you Trixie, Honey, Jim, Brian, Mart, Diana, and Dan and everyone else in the series for making the world a nicer place to be.