Oh my gosh! I am smiling so hard my face hurts! Thank you Akshay G! I am so honored. You will never know how much this means to me.

Your first email to me began a gentle mentoring relationship that has pushed me to work harder and strive for excellence.

I will never forget your kind and wise response to my suggestion of what amounted to settling for complacency. Your perspective changed everything for me.

I love your stories and your wonderful talent for dialogue. It always encourages me to stretch myself and work on improvement.

As far as my favorite women writers, there are so many to choose from! The ones who make my heart ache with the beauty of their words are Kel Campbell, Liz Lazzara, Abby Norman, Colette Clarke Torres, Angela Barnett, Emjay Em off the top of my head. I just started reading Jennifer Smith’s serial memoir and am loving that, too. So many more - there’s not enough space!

Thank you again, my friend, for making my day, week, month and year!