title: A Writers Group Companion: A Twelvemonth of Prompts and Recipes
author: Deborah Auten
description: Deborah Auten is a writer who writes literary fiction and mysteries, all with the help of the Santa Fe Writers Group.
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  # Acknowledgments
  
  
  Books are written, but they are also made. I would like to thank the many
  people whose work, kindness, and inspiration went into the making of this
  book. My agent, Sara Crowe, who never stopped believing I could do this. My
  editor, Diane Landolf, for believing in Darling and her dresses. My book
  designer, Liz Tardiff, and all the other people at Random House who have
  labored over this book and made it the beautiful object you hold in your
  hands.
  
  
  To my critique partners, Kaye Bair and Rachel Martin, for patiently reading
  and rereading, and offering helpful insights and suggestions, and asking
  difficult-to-answer questions. To the “Ames” group—Sarvinder Naberhaus, Jane
  Metcalf, Candace Camling, Dorothia Rohner, Lisa Victoria, Kate Sharp, Ann
  Green—for all their support.
  
  
  To my husband, Jon, and my daughters, Sara and Becky, for indulging my
  obsession.
  
  
  And to all the authors of my favorite books—you taught me how to imagine all
  the things that weren’t. And to G