Our husbands, Rob Maxey and Neil Bremer, whose creative, funny, outgoing personalities and witty minds have been a joy to be around for years and whose loving support made this book come to life.

Our children, Evan Bremer, and Ryan and Phelan Maxey, all young teens, who probably got tired of seeing their moms in pjs for five months. We love you.

Our agents, Jay Poynor and Erica Orloff, The Poynor Group, who seem to have found the perfect blend of optimism, talent, and savvy to make every conversation with them a joy and every goal achieved a celebration.

Our publisher, Tim Moore, whom we respect and admire and thank deeply for developing this idea with us during these times.

Our editors and designers, Russ Hall, Cleo Coy, Gail Cocker-Bogusz, Pine Tree Composition, and Neil Bremer, who cared about this book as much we did in their attention to detail and tone.

Our friends and colleagues, Deb McBride, Anne Hunt, Ed Gordon, Jerilyn Willin, Phil Orlandi, David Boylan, Catherine Johns, Ed Rodham, Pat Ewert, Jeri and Dick Church, Cheryl Perlitz, Christine Corelli, and Lori Klinka, who listened to our ideas in those early stages when it takes patience to listen to authors' dreams.

Our connectors and counselors, Brad Bushell, Sonia Choquette, Rita Emmett, Mark Partridge, and Anne Bayse, who put us in touch with movers and shakers in the publishing business.

Our colleagues, business associates, clients, mentors, neighbors, friends, and family who agreed to be interviewed herein.

The creative arts of music, interpretation, and theatre that brought us together more than twenty years ago.