Stefan has his manuscript! [The page proofs, actually, which are typset in the final form.] It arrived on Saturday in a satisfyingly hefty FedEx package. Chloe and I were up in the office, and Chloe went to sit on dad's lap. "Show her your book," I suggested.
Stefan turned through the first pages, explaining what a title page is, and Chloe breezily read the title out loud: "A few seconds of panic!" Then Stefan showed her the dedication page.
"For Melissa and Chloe," she read, and instantly, jubilantly, ecstatically, threw her arms around her beaming dad's neck. Never has a dedication made the dedicatee happier. Never.
