to marie afton `` re-re '' hamel , my maternal grandmother , and jessica wolf henderson , my first wife , who were both instrumental in helping me to begin my journey as a creative writer and to whom i dedicated the first edition of this book in 1997. finally , to fithian press , my original publisher , and to oak meadows press , my redux publisher for the digital stage , and to jennifer wilson and evan jones for their careful proofreading of the e-version .