Acknowledgments

Writing books is endlessly fascinating for me because what begins as just a few thoughts ends up as a physical, tangible thing that gets sent out (hopefully) to the far-flung corners of the world. Of course, the trip from thought to thing is a long one, and lots of people get their fingers in a book's pie before it's ready to ship. This book was no exception, so I'd like to thank not only the long list of people that you'll find near the front of this book, but also the following hard-working souls that I worked with directly: acquisitions editor Loretta Yates, development editor Todd Brakke, project editor Tonya Simpson, copy editor Krista Hansing, and technical editor Terri Stratton.