darya semanakraseyeni

"You are the wind beneath my moyawa..." Acknowledgment to the people who have helped with my writing and still do.

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Critique, support and encouragement, going way back:

Natalie Walker (high school teacher who told me my writing would see print someday)

S.M. Stirling (the first person I ever met who was into writing as much as I was. BRO! Hey, Steve: one, two, three -- "More... smells!")

The Bunch of Seven: Shirley Meier, S.M. Stirling, Louise Hypher, Tanya Huff, Fiona Patton, Marion Hughes, Mike Wallis, Terri Neal, Julie Czerneda, Stephanie Rendino, Lloyd Penney.

Bob Knowlton

Critique, support and encouragement, more recently:

Melissa Gold

Frequent commenters: You know who they are.

The WordSwap crew: Jenny Cressman, June Salmon, Alan and Doreen Pearson, Jodi Bartle, et al. Plus Lorraine of Soul Sistas for the awesome food.

Mega-donor: Terry Shaw

In Memoriam: Valdary

I knew her only as a reader, who RT'd my posting tweets often and nominated me (and Shirley) for a Rose & Bay in 2010. She passed away after a long struggle with cancer in December 2010. Though our lives touched only a little, I will miss her.

The Ultimate Mega-Fan:

Jeyen Chevenga Barham-Kaiel (yes, that’s his real, legal name. See here.)

Patrons:

Blue-Winged Coyote, Cat, Ravenrux, V, G. Veravenga, capriox, Michael Thedford, eheldreth

Volunteer contributors:

Melissa Gold (Millennipedia)
Blue-Winged Coyote (fan art)
Larry Elmore (cover art adapted with permission)
Jeyen Chevenga Barham-Kaiel (Pronunciation guide - forthcoming)
Michael Thedford (vocal acting)

Reader character creators:

V (Veresinga Shae-Rusha, introduced in Post 280)
Michael S.S. Thedford (Michela Thefora-e, introduced in Post 32; he also has made major contributions to Intharas Terren.)
Clare K. R. Miller (Klara Milera Aitza, introduced in Post 566.

And last but far from least:
Partner in rhyme (or at least reason)

...i.e., she shares the world, contributes billions of ideas, is absolutely reliable in reassuring me that my writing does not suck when I feel it does, role-plays, IMs or Googledocs dialogues with me:

Shirley Meier