Relinquished
Copyright © 2015 Kimi Flores
Photography by
Cover Design by
Cover Model
Critiquing/Content Editing by
Editing by
Megan Hand at Story Girl Editing
Proofreading by
Claire Allmendinger at Bare Naked Words
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Every single person listed below played a pivotal role in getting Relinquished published. This section is unedited so please forgive grammatical mistakes.
I have to start with my incredibly gifted critique partner,
Tbird London
who walks with me through every step. Not only does she listen to my initial ideas, then helps when I get stuck but she reads my document over and over again looking for loose ends and things that don’t flow. I’m thankful to have her in my life and I love chatting with her on the phone daily. T, that
;
is for you.
Tons of thanks go to
Glorya Hidalgo
who runs the book blog, Book-friends, is an author event planner as well as the organizer of the Pink Shades of Words anthology which benefits the AVON 39 - The Walk to End Breast Cancer. She gave me the chance to include the first 4 condensed chapters of this story in the anthology that published in February 2015. I was also lucky enough to have her beta read the full novel of Relinquished.
Just like with my other books, my editor
Megan Hand at Story Girl Editing
pushed me even further, making me evaluate each word I used to ensure that readers felt exactly what my characters were feeling. She teaches me how to grow as a writer with each book. I can’t imagine publishing a novel unless it passes her eyes beforehand.
Like most authors, I tend to tweak my document to death so this time, I decided to have two rounds of proofreading done. Thank you so much to
Claire Allmendinger of Bare Naked Words
and
Heidi Ryan
for catching and cleaning up my errors.
Thank you to
Nichele Fabrizio
for her awesome beta suggestions and she as well as
Karrie Puskas
for constantly encouraging me to keep this story going.
Thanks to
Kari Ayasha at Cover to Cover Designs
for creating another jaw dropping book cover for me. I freaking love this cover!
I’ve got to thank my girls,
Nikki Boligitz
and
Christina Teel
. Professionally, they are my table assistants at most signings, beta readers, and encouragers. Personally, they are my bad ass, no drama-mama friends. Love my birches <3
Last but definitely not least, thank you to my family who often get stuck with cold meals, no clean clothes, and a messy house in order for me to write and publish my books. My husband and sons are my happily ever after.
