Sick Day (24 page)

My wife, Ms. Parker, without your support
and critical eye, my dream of becoming an author would never be realized. Ever. Thank you for tolerating everyone else and allowing me to be the only normal person in this world.

Amy Clark, you’re a lot like my work-wife. You nag and push and are the most persistent UKer I know. More reliable than a Renault Robin, although you’re equally easy to tip over. Anyway, any and all success is attributable to you, your hard work and your bizarre commitment to this Morgan Parker Project of ours. Thank you for making me look better that I ever could be.

Megan Hand thank you for your high-level story advice and keen eye for details. You helped me fall in love with this story that I’ve written, and I’m forever indebted to you.

Madison Seidler, thank you for your keen eye and for going easy on me. You played a difficult role with this novel and I’m very thankful to have met someone as patient and detailed as you are. Thank you for not making me cry.

The Top-Secret Morganettes – MJ F, you’ve been there from day 1 and stuck with my stories even through the really bad ones… I can’t thank you enough for being the “one person” who made the “one difference” that everyone underestimates; D T, you’ve inspired me from the moment I published my first story, I don’t understand why, but you still do and I love you for that; Kelsey B, your tough-love approach doesn’t really work but without it I wouldn’t keep reaching and stretching for something better, each time; Shell B, your humor and energy make me tired… thank you for teaching me about true risks; Rhonda K who is my living proof that real-life love stories really do exist; Laveda K, your skill at getting under my skin while simultaneously making me feel like the most talented person alive is uncanny (and sweet); Helen, for ongoing humor and especially for brining Sick Day alive with your amazing talent for finding the right images for the right teasers; Jenny Z, for your liveliness, energetic attitude and all of the kind words you’ve had for my stories and writing; Pamela M, for your tireless efforts in bringing life to this brand known as Morgan Parker, I can’t thank you enough; Janett G, for believing in me enough that you’ve shared me with “real life” people who are old enough to know better than read my kind of novels, and for sharing those stories with the group and proving that my stories
can
be enjoyed at any age; Amy L, you remind me of where I want to be, which is a place called Happy. Oh, and I love your green eyes, and; Patricia G, for your constructive feedback and criticism which is a fancy way of saying, thank you for pushing me to want and to do better. Thank you, ladies, for allowing me to be myself without consequence, and for letting me into your lives <3

I have so many supporters I would love to thank individually. You know who you are. You. You are my readers and cheerleaders, the ones who, like me, don’t see their name in print but without whom this novel would never have made a single sale (no, really, even my mom couldn’t have bailed me out here because she doesn’t have Kindle). So yes, you! 

Thank you.

About Morgan Parker

Morgan Parker is the pen name of a shy and introverted male author. When he’s not writing, he enjoys spending time with his family, outdoors or engaged in some kind of physical activity that will get the kids to bed early enough that he can have an uninterrupted chat with his wife.

Morgan splits his time between Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the worlds inside his head. As the author of
Hope, non friction
, and the
Textual Encounters
series, he believes that the best stories are the ones that are never told. So he’s working hard at telling them.

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