Dedication

For my father, Bud Bartlett, who taught me how to teach.

Acknowledgments

A book isn't really created by the person whose name is on the cover. It's actually the result of a lot of help, encouragement, and support from a sizeable group, and I'm going to take this space to thank them.

First, of course, is my wife and partner Liz, without whose assistance you wouldn't be reading this. The rest of the family -- my mom, Vicky; my dad, Bud; my grandmothers, Dot and Dolly; my mother-in-law, PK; my "sister," Eve Shaffer -- were very supportive, even if most of them didn't quite understand what I was writing about. Kim, Angie, and Nying, our Tibetan Mastiffs, provided constant encouragement.

As for people who worked on this book, I want to thank Jill Hayden, Suz Hobbs, Marshall Jansen, Molly Redenbaugh, and the whole SAMS team. Special thanks to Vicki Harding and everyone at Studio B agency.

The support of my friends has meant much to me. Thanks to my fellow writers Nick Mamatas, Russ Smith, and James Kiley; thanks to Erin Flachsbart, Vernon Lee, Andrew Boardman, Julius Yang, and the rest of the Surly Dinos. Thanks to Sam McLaughlin, Angelo Bongino, Mary Jo Mathews, Darryl Varner, and the rest of the Temecula Writers Group. Thanks to my trainer, Ryan Cisneros. Thanks to the WCAG Working Group, WebAIM, and ICDRI.

Also, in no particular order, thank you to Vadim Plessky, Richard Brinegar, Robin Mueller, Michael Dayah and Halle Berry, Eric Meyer, Joe Crawford, David Poehlman, Dwayne McDuffie, and everyone on my LiveJournal friends list.

Most of this book was written in Temecula, California; thank you to everyone at the TGI Fridays, Barnes and Noble, and Red Robin who provided me with working space, power outlets, and cherry Coke.

Thank you to everyone who chooses peace over violence in a troubled world.