Pieces Of One, Part 1 (The Dark Life Collection)
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To my production team, thank you for your patience with me. Thank you, CJ & Fran (Twin Sisters Rockin’ Editing Services), Sharon (Devil In The Details), and Lisa Dalesandro for telling me straight up when I completely eff’d something. Even though your edits and notes were probably on-point, some things I had to do my way. Readers, please don’t flog them if you see errors, it’s all on me.
Super huge applause for my Cover Artist and Formatter, Cassy Roop (Pink Ink Designs). I am probably the most neurotic and meticulous author you have ever worked with. Sorry about that. Thank you for not dropping me as your client!
What kind of story could I have achieved without my beta readers? Thank you all, old and new, for rolling the dice just based on my dazzling personality! Many head bows of gratitude to Trisha Luzzi, Teana Wulf, Kristi Quilliams, Misty Mitchell, and Joanna Eby for taking the time to read the initial versions of PO1 as a whole back in 2013. To my new betas, Gayle and Angela. Thank you for your feedback and slapping me whenever you saw me on FB knowing I had edits to finish. Gayle, I will forever be grateful for your eagle-eye. You are AMAZING and I am looking forward to working the rest of The Dark Life Collection with you!!
To my very own Mr. P, but much younger and smarter (who, by the way, is single, funny, a Sci-Fi/SpecFic nerd, has a job, a house, loves his dog, and can cook! PM me if you want his #). Thank you, thank you, and thank you for guiding me through the technical portions of the book. I appreciate your wild suggestions and help with that part of the content creation. As soon as the entire Dark Life Collection is out, plus the three other random story ideas scribbled down are written, I will get on our Black Eyed Kids horror book. Maybe.
Not sure if any of you will read this, but I also want to thank my FB Family for their “inspiration” and support. You know who you are and why I bring this up.*wink, wink*
My journey would be nowhere without the support of my role models, Ella Fox, JS Cooper, Mo Mabie, and Rachel VanDyken. Even though it was something I didn’t want to hear, you told me anyway. Honesty is gold, and I hit the mother-load with you ladies in my life! I love y’all so much, I want to bear-hug the shit out of you!
And last but most certainly not least, to my fan-fucking-tastic hubby! The man who helped me work out many scenes, assisted when I was stuck with all kinds of words in my head but nothing on paper, being my cheerleader/voice of reason, sending me to a hotel so I could be alone and focus, and most importantly being my muse in almost everything I write. (Psst, he has dark hair, green eyes with flecks of hazel in them, and all kinds of crazy, manly sexiness! Tee hee!) I love you, babe! Thank you for putting up with me, my writer’s madness, and my “book-mode” grouchiness. Oh, and thank you for letting me be so generous when it comes to tax-deductible gifts for Like and Release parties. Y’all should thank him too for all the cool shit I giveaway. LOL!
Namaste, peeps! Thanks for reading and good or constructive, please find the time to write a review. High-fives if you do!
SVC Ricketts is a Contemporary Romance independent author and professional smart-alec (self-professed). Her work has been recognized by the Pacific Northwest Writers Association and was selected as a finalist for the 2013 PNWA Literary Competition in the Romance category. Most recently, she self-published her first book, a LGTB Romance novella titled My Last Season With You in October of 2014.
Raised between Southern California and Oahu, she moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1993 and although she loves it here, her heart belongs to the Islands-it always will. When she’s not in, what she loving calls “book-mode,” she multitasks her life between her hilarious adult special needs daughter, super smexy husband of 10+ years, two dogs, and sweating out her stress in a hot yoga studio. She’s also an avid Twitter (@SVC_Ricketts) and Facebook (SVC Ricketts) addict (again, self-professed). If you want to check out her other ramblings, you can visit her at www.SmexyIndieAuthor.com.