Kick (The Jenkins Cycle Book 1) (34 page)

C.L. Ervin –
Dell Zero

Mark Capell –
Cafe Insomniac

Dan C. Rinnert –
Dan’s Lame Novel

P.T. Hylton –
Regulation 19

Harvey Click –
The Bad Box

Acknowledgments

When you’re married, your weekends aren’t just
your
weekends. Your evenings aren’t just
your
evenings. When I wrote
Kick
I kept my day job as a systems administrator. So I have my wife to thank for putting up with my little hobby for two years even though, statistically, there was little chance of it ever paying off monetarily.

I’d also like to thank my friend Elizabeth for editing it, and my real-life buddy Rob for reading it and giving me advice. He really does pick up the phone and say, “What’s up mang?”

My friend Marc read an early draft on his phone and had lots of helpful observations. Who reads books on their phone...?

Chris was my most critical reader at the time, which is something you need when you’re going to face the wrath of reviewers on the Internet. As if punctuating the point, he took the whole thing and burned it in his fireplace after we finished going over it.

Last but not least, I’d like to thank you, the reader, for lending me your time and your willing suspension of disbelief.

JLM