Some things could never be done alone. Getting me on TV is one of them. If I imagine myself giving an acceptance speech, it would go something like this:

I would like to thank my publicist, Lori Bittenbender, for securing me a spot on Good Morning Texas on November 2. I would like to also thank my mother in law Carol for watching my youngest son Sterling overnight so that I could spend the night at a hotel right across the street from the TV studio in Victory Park. (Everyone who knows me well knows that I am terrible with directions, which doesn’t mix well with having to be over an hour’s drive from home early in the morning.)

A million thanks to my wonderful husband Eric for setting me up in the swanky W Hotel so I could relax the night before the interview. Thanks to the W Hotel staff , who bent over backwards to accommodate our every need, right down to a personalized letter showing their knowledge about the plot of my books along with a spa basket!  Thanks to my girlfriend Liz for coming with me to the hotel, calming my nerves over dinner and chit chat, and helping me look presentable in the morning. Thanks to my sweet friend Shantell who couldn’t be there, but was there in her heart and mine.

 Thanks to Hobby Lobby and Albertson’s for the display and food items. (Yes I am writing those purchases off on my taxes.) Thanks to Paige McCoy Smith for her graciousness and patience with me as I probably looked like a deer in the headlights right before my segment, but she gave me hugs and encouragement anyway. (I hope I didn’t let her down on camera.) Thanks to the warm and personable staff at WFAA.

Thanks to my web designer Minh Phan who took my desperate emails to heart and quickly purchased the site mistakenly mentioned on live TV and redirected traffic to my correct site within the hour. (The upside is that anyone with less than pure intentions may inadvertently be enlightened with US history lessons!)

A big thanks to all my friends and family who watched and cheered me on and believed in me and my dream of becoming an author. (Yes, Mom, I think I heard you and Dad clapping right through the screen.)

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