Now, I have to say, I may be the author of this book and you see me more than anything promoting and pushing for this book to succeed but there are many more people that are the glue that holds this all together. Shannan has done all the photoshoots and cover for the book. Furthermore, she is an admin on every page for the book. If it weren't for her we would not have any of these sites up and running and interlinked together. Big hands up to her for all of that! Also, she was the very first person to read and edit the rough draft of this book.
Next is Courtney Deaton, my cover model. She is a wonderful person and very easy to work with. When the book was completed, we needed a model. I sat around for hours thinking of who I could get to do this. Courtney was perfect and jumped up and accepted my offer without second thought. Now, this could be because I am her most favoritest cousin in the world. :-) Big shout out to my little girl (you will always be my little girl no matter how old you are) for helping me when I needed the help.
Next is Stephanie Kennel who, I may never have had the luxury of meeting in person, but she was the next editor in the book and caught a few grammatical errors that Shannan and I both missed along the way. How amazing is she?! If it weren't for her, this book would have comma issues galore!
Pam McElrath was my next editor. She loved the book and found very little errors (about 4 if I'm not mistaken). She made sure it was fully clean before I sent it off for proofs. Round of applause for our final editor.
Pam Nastali has been a mentor through the self publishing phase. Pam is writing a series of children's books with magical fairies and wands and so much more in it. Though her books aren't ready for publishing, if you're a Harry Potter fan I'm sure you'll find her books magical as well. They aren't just for kids. Adults can get lost in them too. So, I have to give a big shout out to her because she helped me with getting the paperbacks ready to go.
Now, for those that didn't physically work with the book but were inspirations I have to shout out to my husband, Blake Elliott, and best guy friend in the entire world, Nick Lucckesi. Let me tell you about these two guys in their own individuality.
First, my husband. This man had to endure all the psychological turmoil that I suffered after leaving my abuser. Let me tell you; I was NOT easy to get along with in the slightest. But, he stuck by me and had faith that I would recover from all of it and it paid off. I am now a better person and very glad to have him around during the drafting of the first book as well as the future books. He takes care of the kids, does laundry and even the dishes. I love this man with all my heart.
Nick was my rock when I was leaving my abuser. He came over the moment I was released from the hospital and just chilled with me while I cried and did whatever it was that I did during that time in my life. He was even my right hand man when I had to face my abuser in court. Then, to top things off, I took over a lot of his wife's time while creating this book. Nick truly is a wonderful person.
So, you see, there are many people involved in the execution of this series. I'm sure every one of these people will be a part of books 2 and 3 and we may see even more faces with the next two books. I just want everyone to know that publishing a book is not just the author, though that is the only name that is plastered everywhere. It's a group effort to get the book in tip top condition and ready to sell. I would not be promoting nor trying to sell this book if I didn't have others helping and if I didn't know it was good enough to stand against all the publishing houses books.
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