A Life Worth Fighting (26 page)
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Authors: Brenda Kennedy
Tags: #romance, #love, #suspense, #boxing, #intense action
My Children: Carey, John, Derek, Nikki, Chastidy, Rex, Brittany, Amanda, and Katie: Thank you for reminding me what is important every single day. I love you.
My Grandchildren: Desmond, Samantha, Autumn, Evan, Derek, Dayquan, Darius, Draden, Alyssa, Hailey, Lucca, Tanner, Giovanni, Cain, Lelila, Kylie, DeVonte’, Adrienne, Amaya, Dominic, Damien, Caden, and Gemma: Thank you for reminding me that I am somebody; I am your grandma and nothing else matters. I love you all.
My sisters and brothers: George, Martha, Rosa, Carla, and Frank: Thank you for your support. I love you.
My other brother, David:
Without you, I wouldn’t have been able to publish the first book. Thank you for making my ideas better and for all you do. Editing, proofreading, polishing, formatting, ideas, articles, and research websites. See, I do pay attention. Thank you. Thank you for pushing me until I get it right. Maybe someday, I’ll learn the right place to put the commas. I love you and I can never thank you enough. David writes collections of anecdotes such as The Funniest People in Comedy, and he retells classics in such books as William Shakespeare’s Macbeth: A Retelling in Prose. His books can also be found for sale on all leading online sale platforms.
Thank you to my daughters Carey, Brittany, Amanda: Thank you for all your help at book signings, and with the book swag. I couldn’t have done them without you.
A very special thank you to Amy Linda Valdez for sharing her memories with me about her son, Matthew Caden. I also used some of her quotes in my book with her permission. Caden, you have a very special Mom and I am glad to know her. R.I.P. and fly with the angels.
Christina Badder, Owner and Operator of CBB Productions: My P.A., and my friend. Thank you for taking care of all of my promotional needs. The blog tours, author spotlights, book cover reveals, give-a-ways, Rafflecopters, Thunderclap campaigns, ARC’s, and everything that I don’t know that you do or things I forgot to mention. I hope you know how much I appreciate your hard work and dedication. Looking forward to actually maybe doing a book signing with you. Girl, I love your work and your dedication. One more thing I need to thank you for is this book cover, and for the other covers in this trilogy. You are so amazing and I am so glad I found you. I plan on keeping you, forever.
Thank you to my Beta readers: There are too many to list and I don’t want to forget anyone. I appreciate you all, more than you know. I appreciate your honest opinions and reviews. I love the bond that we have developed and I appreciate that I can trust you. Thank you for encouraging me to write and for giving me ideas. You never disappoint. I love you guys!
Thank you to
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Brenda’s Street Talkers,
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for pimping my books, making teasers and banners, and just for the support I receive from you every day. I love you girls.
Thank you to all the bloggers who shared in the author’s spotlight and the blog tour for A Life Worth Fighting. I appreciate you more than you know.
A very special thank you to my fellow author friends who help me every day, even when you don’t realize you are.
To my readers: Thank you for reading and reviewing my books. Thank you to my loyal readers who have followed me from the beginning and to those who are new to my books.
Info for David Bruce, My Brother
Smashwords (Books for Sale, and Free Books)
http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/bruceb
Wordpress Blog
https://davidbruceblog.wordpress.com
When I first started writing, I wanted to write about real people whom others could relate to with real-life problems and real jobs. I love to read about the billionaire 20-something-year-old, but knew this wasn’t the kind of story I want to write. When my first trilogy,
The Starting Over Trilogy
, took form, I was thrilled to be able to make the book as close to realistic as I could.
I wanted to touch on real-life problems. Not because I want to show the weakness in my characters or to show the disturbing truth, but because I wanted to show my characters’ strengths.
The
Starting Over
Trilogy
dealt with domestic violence: a problem that is all too familiar to too many women and men.
Next came
The Freedom Trilogy,
a spinoff of
The Starting Over Trilogy
. My book started off with the All-American military family and the real problems some face during deployment. I picked my daughter’s brain and used her real emotions during the deployment stage. Thank you, Amanda. Then it turned to drug abuse and rehabilitation.
This book,
A Life Worth Fighting
, focuses on battles as a boxer and trying to move forward from the death of a child and depression. I hope to show Leah’s strengths and Bobby’s compassionate side while still showing the true battles of everyday life.
I hope in my future books I am still able to continue to write about problems most of us face while continuing to give my characters their happily ever after, that they deserve.
One a lighter note:
I moved to sunny Florida in 2006 and never looked back. I love fresh squeezed lemonade, crushed ice, teacups, wineglasses, non-franchise restaurants, ice cream cones, boating, picnics, cookouts, throwing parties, lace, white wine, mojitos, strawberry margaritas, white linen tablecloths, fresh flowers, and Pinterest. I also love to read and write and to spend time with my family.
My books, thus far, have been inspired by the things I love and the people who influence me, every single day, to be a better person.
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