Changing Teams (25 page)
Authors: Jennifer Allis Provost
Acknowledgements
Those of you that have read my other work might be a bit confused right now. I mean, this is a straight up romance with no elves or swords in sight; heck, there aren’t even any zombies. However, if there’s one thing any writer will tell you it’s that you have to write for the characters screaming the loudest.
In the case of
Changing Teams
, that was Sam. He originally appeared as a bit character in a horror short; even then he was a Midwestern photographer. Sam kept talking long after that piece was done, so I sat down for NaNoWriMo and told his story, beginning to end. I ended up finishing the first draft of
Changing Teams
—which clocked in at sixty-six thousand words—in nineteen days.
Not only was Sam talkative, he was demanding.
Then I, a fantasy and horror writer, had this contemporary romance on my hands and no idea what to do with it. Enter the Three Beta Readers Of Awesome: Cindy Thomas, Kelly Hager, and April Wood. Seriously guys, without you three this story would not be a tenth of what it is now. Thank you.
But they weren’t my only helpers. Trisha Wooldridge and Jennifer Carson are two amazing authors, and I’m lucky enough to call them friends. Without them I probably would have jumped off a bridge years ago. Neither Trisha nor Jenn ever let me give up, and they always pushed me to be the best writer possible.
Last but not least I need to thank the Wonder Twins, Ember and Robby, and my husband Robb for putting up with me writing yet another book, and all the revisions and deadlines and lack of Mom that came with it. Without you guys I really would be lost. Love you!
About the Author
Jennifer Allis Provost is a native New Englander who lives in a sprawling colonial along with her beautiful and precocious twins, a dog that thinks she’s a kangaroo, a parrot, a junkyard cat, and a wonderful husband who never forgets to buy ice cream. As a child, she read anything and everything she could get her hands on, including a set of encyclopedias, but fantasy was always her favorite. She spends her days drinking vast amounts of coffee, arguing with her computer, and avoiding any and all domestic behavior.