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I am usually happy to receive email from visitors to my site, but ask that you choose the appropriate email address--please scroll down to see the options--and that you first check to see if the information you need is already on my site (my search page might help you find it) or is not something with which I can help.
In the long run, you help yourself and others by doing so. I created and maintain this site on my own, and time I spend answering email is time away from adding to or updating the site. I receive a lot of misdirected email from people who assume that I am a publisher. I am not a publisher, though I work for one. Please contact me at Kane Press on publishing matters. Please do not ask me for book donations or send me manuscripts or illustration samples, or messages asking me about submissions or other matters at Kane.
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