Psst … wanna know a secret?

I just came out with a new book.

It’s called The Secret Language of Money, and it’s all about the secrets you and I are keeping from ourselves—secrets about money, what we think about it, and the crazy things we do with it.

Here’s a quick behind-the-scenes peek at how this book came to be.

When psychiatrist and CEO coach David Krueger, M.D., first started submitting his “Your Story” columns to Networking Times a few years ago, I was intrigued. We connected over a few editorial questions (mostly me writing him and telling him how much I was loving editing his stuff), and got to know each other. Come to find out, Dave was working on this idea for a book and, well, the secret language of money.

You’ve probably guessed the rest.

Fast forward: August 6, 2008, we sign a contract with McGraw-Hill. Two days later I meet Dave face to face for the first time: at my wedding. Rarely has champagne been more aptly timed.

At the wedding Dave also met two other people for the first time: Donna DeGutis, my intrepid agent (of the Margret McBride Literary Agency), who midwifed the deal from start to finish; and Dan Clements, my great friend, one-time screenwriting classmate, and now writing partner. Dan and I worked together on the book, and although I get cover credit and he gets only an “Acknowledgments” credit, he contributed a lot and I honestly don’t think the book would’ve happened without him.

It was one heckuva wedding — and now, a year later, the book is written, edited, designed, printed, and ready for your enjoyment.

Enjoy!

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