Foreword
I've always hated forewords.
No, seriously. Nothing is worse than getting ready to read something, and then finding - surprise! - something in the way. So I will hold the reader blameless should they choose to simply skip my long-winded introduction and go right to the meat of the story.
Still with me? Good.
Alma Wade, as a character, is difficult to write. So many people have done so - it's hard to bring fresh life to that most enigmatic of characters. I had a lot of apprehensions about posting this. The fear (hah) that people wouldn't get it. But ultimately, there can be no success without risk. Which is why I posted it for your perusal.
I would like to give special thanks to Matthew Medrala, AKA "Alardem", for helping me edit my draft and giving me adivce. Without your help, I probably wouldn't have made it this far. Thank you.
Any and all feedback, of course, would be greatly appreciated. After all, criticism is essential to our writing technique.