Losing You (Stars On Fire Book 4) (45 page)
It was worse.
So much worse.
I wanted to go and rip out those pages from
Still Into You
about Tom’s death and pretend I never wrote it.
I wanted Tom.
I almost said, “fuck this,” and moved on to an entirely different story and it’s because of a whole lot of people in my corner telling me I could do it that this got finished.
And that leads me into the acknowledgements.
There were quite a few people that kept me sane (or at least tried) during the writing of
Losing You
.
Ashley, whore <3:
Thank you for every single thing you did . . . from yelling at me to stop doing something that you knew would take me to a bad place to making me laugh and to telling me when Thor was on TV. I don’t think you know the number of times you’d message me and I’d be crying and you’d say something to make me laugh. It’s like you
knew
. Your support and friendship meant everything to me.
Isabelle:
Your encouragement and support pushed me to do this when I wanted to just stop. Your “carrot” was the perfect catalyst to get me to the finish line. Thank you for your daily check-ins. You didn’t have to do any of that but I appreciated
every single message.
Jillian, #mysuga, #mygoldengirl:
Thank you for sticking with me, for being a part of this amazing ride, for always encouraging me when I’m doubting myself, but most importantly, thank you for being my friend. You get me. #iwillalwaysloveyou
Melissa, #mom:
Thank you for taking me on; for teaching me so freaking much . . . for all your advice, support, and plans; for those calls where I ended up taking more notes than I took while I was in school. ;-) Thank you from calming me down when life threw too much at me and making me breathe. I’ll never forget that. I don’t know what I’d do without you! <3
My Indie Chicks Rock girls:
We’ve done a LOT since I last had to write acknowledgements. I’m so proud to be a part of this group. Thank you for including me and for having my back, for being a place that empowers and supports and for being a place that I can always turn to. ILY ALL!
My betas (Jillian, Ashley, Lisa, and Jenn):
You four allowed me to take you on this emotional journey as I wrote this book. Thank you for staying the course as I introduced you to the #mightyhammer and the #kickstand, or when I made you hurt or when I made you cry. Thank you for all your feedback—it all helped to make
Losing You
better. Pooh bears . . . I love you all! <3
My editor, Lisa:
Thank you for being the voice of reason to my crazy. In the same breath . . . thank you for allowing me to be evil. This was a very difficult book for me to write. I just want to say how much I appreciate your help with the emotional aspects of writing this book. Thank you for pushing me yet being so supportive. It was exactly what I needed. I’m so damn proud of what we did. Thank you!!!! And yeah, I probably said “thank you” too many times and my word choice could be better . . . LOL! <3 you!!!
Najla:
I absolutely adore working with you. These covers you create for me . . . they are AMAZING and I’m so proud to show them off. I’m still amazed of what you created from my drawing on a post-it! Can’t wait to start the next cover!
Kristi:
I freaking love working with you. You rock it, girl! Thank you so much for your help with this release as well as for everything you did with the release of the
Never Over You
Series Boxed Set. <3
Thank you to all the bloggers for taking a chance on me and for your continued support.
And to all my sugas out there . . . thank you! I’ve said it before, but it’s true—you make it worth it. <3
I cannot have an acknowledgements section without thanking my family.
My husband:
My deadline plus the holidays and our work schedules made writing this book just a tad on the crazy side. Thank you for your support, your understanding, and your L.O.V.E. Thank you for each delicious meal you made. Thank you for going grocery shopping with me so I didn’t have to venture into Costco alone on a weekend. Thanks for listening to me when I talked your ear off about book world stuff and actually being interested. You are my rock star. I love you!
My son, Chase:
You won’t be reading this for a LONG, LONG TIME (and if you’re reading this right now, PUT THE BOOK DOWN AND GET OUT OF MOMMY’S OFFICE). You are my sunshine. You brighten my day. You make it all worth it with your smiles and your infectious giggles. Man . . . when you and Daddy get going with your laughter, I may not know what you’re laughing about, but I can’t help but join in. Thank you for sitting with me while I plotted and planned. Thank you for all the snuggles and for all our talks as well as all the questions. I love you, buggy boo! <3
Sincerely,
Ryleigh . . .
#ThePostItQueen
#Sugamomma
#MightyhammerOwner
#poohbear
#stamina
#bringthethunder
#nerdpornlover
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During the day, Ryleigh Andrews is an analyst, but even then, she’s writing, sneakily crafting scenes on post-it notes. She's been told she's a bit of a geek . . . some say nerd. She'll agree to it all. She loves music. It's been a force in her life for as long as she can remember. Her love of Star Wars and superheroes has probably been going on just as long . . . see, this is where the geek/nerd thing comes into play. But, most of all, Ryleigh loves the written word. She's been writing for a long time. Her first story came to her during one of her history classes. She wrote it in the margins of her notebook in teeny tiny letters so no one knew that she was writing a book instead of taking notes on 16th Century Europe. She currently lives in Chicago, Illinois, with her husband and son, along with her Siberian Husky, Mick Jagger, and her cat, Winston Churchill.
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