Realistic Novel Dedications

  1. For my parents. Thanks for the generational trauma.
  2. For my sister. I want my red sweatshirt back.
  3. For my brother. Who’s lame now?
  4. For my grandma. I’m sorry I didn’t call more.
  5. For my grandpa. Rot in hell.
  6. For my friends. Thanks for pretending to like the early drafts of this novel.
  7. For my partner. Thanks for doing the absolute bare minimum.
  8. For my high school writing teacher. I SparkNote-d The Great Gatsby.
  9. For my college writing teacher. I SparkNote-d Frankenstein.
  10. For my editor. I still don’t know how to use a comma properly.
  11. For my coworkers. I was doing this instead of my job.
  12. For my fellow writers and novelists. I can’t relate to you at all.
  13. For my readers. Please read this so I can make rent.
  14. For my haters. Don’t tank my Goodreads rating.
  15. For you. I have no idea who “you” are.

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