Reply #61: You guys [View All]

[Wheezy]

are blowing me away.

Thank you all for your generosity and willingness to help a stranger in such an unusual way. It means so much to me. I knew this was the right place to ask the question -- this lounge is one of the most generous places on the interwebs.

Normally, I thank people who have helped me in the acknowledgments page. However, this is an unusual situation and I would never do anything to expose your names because of the nature of the personal question.

Instead I'll put in a sentence about this special help I received from my online friends. And you'll know I mean you all.

This book I'm writing is untitled as yet, but we are leaning toward the title, GONE. It's the third and likely final book in the WAKE series, about 17-year-old Janie who gets sucked into other people's dreams.

Janie's alcoholic mother has played a minor role in the first two books (book 1 WAKE is out, book 2 FADE comes out in Feb) but she will become a central character in book 3 (scheduled for spring 2010). I knew I'd need help getting it right, and you all have given me so much to work with.

If any of you have other stories you'd like share, please don't hesitate or feel like it's too late -- I will be mulling over this thread and the private messages for the next few weeks before I dive into writing.

Peace, friends. You are heroes.