Challenge: Write the acknowledgments page that will be placed in your first (next?) published book, thanking all the people who have helped you along the way.

I’d be lying if I said that I’d never fantasized about the dedication/acknowledgments page of my first book. What aspiring author hasn’t? It’s so tempting to dream about the finish line, the end product, and the hard-earned introspection/wisdom/gratitude that comes with achieving a life goal. But, to be totally honest, I’m not there yet. Writing an acknowledgments page at this point would be premature, and I haven’t earned it yet. It’d be like eating dessert before breakfast, lunch, and dinner—no, worse. It’d be like eating just the cherry off the sundae, throwing out the rest, and declaring I’m too full for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Yes, I’ve got legions of people to thank, but not yet.

In the meantime, you know who you are.

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In an effort to start the summer strong, I’m doing Writer’s Digest’s 12-Day Plan.

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