I've had a love affair with words for more years than I care to remember. Through the joy of writing research papers in school (yes, you read that correctly), the year I spent writing a humor column in a small town newspaper, the decade in public relations writing news releases and public service announcements for TV and radio, the time training crisis line volunteers---all fed my need to use words in the best possible way. Now I have co-authored a book to pass along some information I've garnered along the way.