If you ever published a novel, who would you dedicate it to?
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Re: If you ever published a novel, who would you dedicate it
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Mom and Dad. They are two of the most amazing people I know and have always been there for me.
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My second book is dedicated to my grandfather, because he served as partial inspiration for one of the characters and because he currently has inoperable brain cancer.
I'm hoping I'll be able to dedicate my third book to someone who isn't a dead or dying family member.
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I dedicated my second novel to my husband. It was about his heart attack and subsequent bypass surgery and it was inspired by his sudden heart attack and the aftermath. He also unfortunately was not around to see this novel either. But I think he would have been very happy to have my book dedicated to him.
For my third novel, which is a sequel to my first novel I have no idea who I will dedicate it to, but maybe it will be to my daughters, who have helped me to find my way back to the world when my husband passed away. I actually joined this forum last year in June a month after his passing and I forgot about it really until now. This is an interesting question.
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Dedication pages for the 3 novels, in chronological order: Blood Spiral, Blood Storm, Blood Vengeance.
Blood Spiral
To those icons of mystery fiction, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, who started it all for us American mystery writers.
To the present day greats who continued the tradition: Robert B. Parker with his literate and sarcastic Spenser, Bill Pronzini with his dedicated, moral Nameless, and Robert Crais with his ever-petulant Elvis Cole.
Blood Storm
Many thanks to my friends and family who encouraged and supported me when I was struggling with indecision on my novels.
Greatest appreciation to Bill Pronzini and Robert Crais for providing me such illustrious targets and goals toward which I could endeavor to aim.
Blood Vengeance
Eternal thanks to my parents for instilling in me a love of literature and providing me the freedom to pursue my dreams.
Appreciation to my pals on the gun forum for their support and assistance on such diverse minutiae as firearms, sailboats, law enforcement procedures and many other topics. Special thanks to “Orchidman” for persuading me to create my Kiwi trauma surgeon from hell, Dr. Alice Colhoun, and for helping me devise her biographical thread. And appreciation to “Teach” for his advice, and to Dan Chamberlain for his excellent recommendations and fine examples in his own novels.
Many thanks for the great help from the folks at (the publisher's name) for getting the Mitch King stories before the readers.
Thanks to Bill Pronzini for his encouragement and kind words.
And always, to the one who provides love and joy for each day, the wonderful woman in my life.