I write this section with much love and great appreciation.
I always begin by thanking my parents. They are the two great pillars that keep my foundation strong. Thank you for planting my feet firmly on the ground and bursting every bubble of hot air that dare inflate. I will love you both always and forever.
Secondly, I would like to thank Lisa for believing in Reaping Me Softly when it was still called Blind. Thank you for saving Arianne and Niko from an existence in obscurity. What you do is so important. You make dreams come true.
I would also like to thank Elizabeth for accepting Reaping into the fold of Omnific and for saying yes to the trilogy. I wouldn’t have found you if it weren’t for a certain Late, Late Night talk show host.
To Traci, publicist ninja, thank you for your constant emails and unfailing support. Promoting Reaping long before it even has a release date is music to my ears. I owe you dinner! *hugs*
To Jennifer, editor/fangirl, thank you for your wonderful insight into the story of Reaping and showing me where to cut it off. Thank you for truly experiencing the story: laughing in all the right places and feeling what the characters were going through. Stay awesome! Book two is on the way.
Angie, super critique partner, thank you for being there with me all the way, especially when my own agent thought this story was pure crap. Thank you for your awesomeness even if you live a million miles away. I promise, one day, we will meet. That acceptance letter is in the mail, sis. I know it is.
To Mel, for being a friend any crazy person would wish for. Thank you for laughing with me and for all the gossip. My life is severely dull without you in it. I will write your story one day. I miss you already.
A special thanks goes to Southville International for their continued support. I wouldn’t have been a writer if I hadn’t walked your halls.
And I cannot end this without thanking you, dear reader. Thank you for sitting in at the RUSA meeting, climbing up the ladder to Ben’s room, seeing dead people with Arianne, and reaping the souls of Georgia with Niko. Tell your friends. See you in book two!
Happy reading!