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Neil, First let just say I love your books. Neverwhere is my all time favorite read I've read it seven times now, it never gets old. Now my real question. My husband and I donate monthly to RAINN, simply because I too am a victim of sexual assault in the military. Recently I saw on their website an opportunity to volunteer in the speakers bureau. Ever since I reported my assault I've told myself I would do something and make a difference like a motivational speaker or something and this seems like the perfect avenue to start. The problem is that it's still a very sensitive subject for me and I am terrified just to send in the application. So my question is have you had any interaction with RAINN's speakers bureau and what was it like? What sort of questions were they asked and how did they seem to handle it?

Also, I too am a hopeful future writer/author; tips?

And for Amanda, Not really a question, but your song Boston from No, Virginia is so beautiful and got me through so many hard times and I just want the woman responsible for that to know what she had inadvertently done for me. Thank you both.

You're making me cry. This is the nicest thing a stranger has said to me. Thank you, you are a good person.

Thank you! And thank you kind stranger for the gold!