[Jennifer Keith]

Thank you, Alex -- as well as everyone else who has posted here. I was named the winner of the 2023 Able Muse Book award, and it was the most exciting honor I've ever received as a poet.

I am desperately eager to have my book published, but also very concerned that the log jam of projects may prove too taxing for you and your dedicated staff.

If another publisher were interested in actually producing *Terminarch,* would letting them do so alleviate some of the pressure on Able Muse? As this is my first real publication, I'm not sure what the policies are, and don't want to be unfair, especially to an honorable press that has bestowed such an honor on my book.

Again, foremost: You are safe and well, and that eases my mind, as it does, I'm sure, everyone else's.

Jennifer Keith