Hi Edelweiss3. I'm sorry you missed the deadline. It's been real hectic for me too. As for anonymous submissions, you can certainly do that, but we do state that we will keep all submissions confidential. The main reason we would prefer to have some information is to be able to contact someone if we use their essay in our book. Also, some of the demographics may be very useful in compiling the book because there may be patterns according to age, location, etc. If you wish to contribute, please feel comfortable to do it in any form you wish.

Thanks for the compliment about having writing in my blood. I only wish I could have made a living at it. I'm happy, however, for the success I have managed to achieve and who knows, maybe some day, I'll hit it big. If it happens when I'm 90, I'm giving them a picture to put on the book jacket of me now.

We'll see about that second chance with the grandchildren. I'm not sure I'll be sticking around for that.