My Name is on a book!...in the copyediting credits

A few months ago I agreed to help copy edit a book 826michigan was going to publish of short stories children wrote called "Don't Stay Up so Late: A Treasury of Bedtime Stories written for Children by Children." It was not a hard job to get. I just responded to an e-mail that asked volunteers if they wanted to look over a few pages, but months later after publication I was flipping through the book and I realized I am listed under the list of copy editors and that does fill me up a little with pride and happiness! There is something so permanent about seeing your name printed within a book that people are going to buy and place on their shelves for years to come.

The last time my name was printed in the credits of a book was when I received an undergraduate fellowship in the art history department and was listed under the assistant curators of the Ruth Weisberg exhibit at Eastern Michigan University...I see these as baby steps, at twenty-four my name is printed in two books! It has got to be a sign that one day my name will be printed on a book as an author, right?

Thanks 826michigan for giving me an opportunity that allows me to feel proud of myself.

Inspiration In a Leisure Read

Excerpt from: Fables- 1001 Nights of Snowfall
"What You Wish For"
written by: Bill Willingham
Once upon a time there was a lovely young woman named Mersey Dotes, who was possessed of an unusually adventurous spirit. At an early age, she left her hearth and home to tour the wide and wondrous world. She'd gotten a determination worked deep in her heart to visit every sort of strange land and exotic culture her dainty feet could carry her to. And that's exactly what Mersey did..."I've gone clear around and run out of lands to discover!" "Perhaps my Dear Fishwife can be of some help. She knows a wise woman of the craft."..."Please old witch, turn me into a creature of the deeps, I've traveled every land, and now wish to continue by touring the seven seas!" "As you wish."
The witch transformed her into a lovely mermaid and suddenly she had a thousand new watery kingdoms to explore. But soon after that the adversary's armies cane overthrowing the kingdoms in the sea even as they did those on the land. Eventually she escaped, as others did, to the new world. Unfortunately, once there she had to live out her days in a single small all of the fables who can't pass as human are forced to dwell..."I can't go anywhere, Reynard?" "Sorry, no sweet-cakes. Them's the rules."