Extras

Extras — acknowledgements, flap copy, and back matter — they've been under scrutiny of late.

Let's start with acknowledgements.   A  couple of weeks ago Elizabeth Blumie presented her feelings about them in this thoughtful post. Over the years I have worked on my Margru book many people have helped me with the research and I'd always assumed that I'd thank them in some sort of acknowledgement.  So reading Elizabeth's post and the many comments unnerved me at first.  But then last night I...