The One Where the Dog Made the Cover

As you likely aware by now, my MC Abigail is a fictional character who inherited my unfortunate baggage in the form of having no nuclear family. All the thoughts and experiences she has surrounding this issue are my own.

Then there’s Brutus. Abigail’s grumpyxsunshine other half was also modeled after real life. The rescue had named her Bindie but I called her Lou, or Lulu. Like Brutus, Lou was a stalky, sulky white bull terrier who didn’t care for people or other animals. But she loved me, and she loved her bed. They don’t call bull terriers cuddle pigs for nothin’.

This dog came into my life at exactly the right time.