Dear Ms. Sher
I hope you never get tired of hearing stories about people whose lives have been changed by your book Wishcraft, because here's another such.
In 1984 someone gave me a copy of your book. I read it and did the exercises and was excited by the whole process.
A couple of weeks later I was going to my bank and saw on the wall a poster for a local amateur orchestra concert. The ticket price was on $6, but at the time I was in extremely bad shape financially and couldn't even afford that low price. So I called the number and asked if there was anything I could do for them as a volunteer to earn a free ticket. They offered to let me be an usher, which I accepted, and got to hear a very nice concert for free.
Now you need to know that I was at one time a student at Juilliard back east, a composition major, but had never had an orchestral piece of mine performed, although 18 years had gone by since leaving there. I had a vague dream of someday having an orchestral piece performed, but had not done anything concrete about it. Had I not read your book, it would have never occurred to me to try to get a free ticket by ushering, or to turn an ushering job into a dream, but I did.
Within 18 months I was the general manager of the orchestra. By the time I resigned 8 years later, they had performed three full-length orchestral pieces which I composed for them, and that in turn led to many other opportunities. All thanks to exercising a little "Wishcraft." You cannot possibly have any idea how thankful I am that somebody gave me your book, and that I read it and did the exercises. I know it's a cliche, but it's true: you literally changed my life.
WB
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