and thanks to my amazing friendsand my avail technologies familywho supported my dream so i could leave my job to focus on writing : mark krueger , dorsey houtz , lisa foreman , carly thomas , brittany amodio , liz shipman , gavin houston , ryan braithwaite , holly pilch , brandi mcgarvey , mike fleck , ken roth , greg lute , doug peterson , deb young , gina dixon , kim baker , chad huffman , jim cassidy , jim komenda , todd beaumont , kiran mody , greg kilbride , chris clugston , chris johnston , conor stanley , aaron tippet , milo thomas , dean ackard , jeff pogue , zack stimely , dan vanclief , rick spangler , kevin mckay , troy whitesel , derek leydig , judy stover , tim geibel , eric wolf , bob fiume , ron hansen and destry pollard .