Fragments (45 page)
Acknowledgements
This has been a phenomenal journey. I never thought I would have the courage to take the plunge and I am so grateful that I have many people in my life who believed in me and gave me the strength to finally write. I have a few people to thank and I apologise in advance if I have forgotten anyone. It was not my intention.
Firstly, my husband
Ben
and my two gorgeous munchkins
Violet
and
Sebastian
. Your support and love made this so easy for me to do.
Mum
and
Dad
, thank you for teaching me the value of hard work. Thank you for your sacrifices and inspiring me to be better and to encourage my children to do so. Thank you also to
Therese
for your honest feedback, checking my last minute draft and
Domenic
for being there for me. I promise to get a swear jar, for my next novel. Love you x
To my wonderful Editor
Lauren McKellar
; your guidance, positivity and insight have been an asset. I have been blessed to have you as an Editor and am grateful that your warmth and kindness, curbed my nerves. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
To
Becky
,
Teri
and
Justine
from “Hot Tree Editing”. Thank you for your invaluable feedback, support and lovely compliments. Your appreciation of my work was trully humbling.
To
Jenny Sims
from Editing 4 Indies, thank you for your invaluable feedback and suggestions.
To my amazing cover designer
Hang Le
. You had me at, “motif”. Your craft is beautiful and exquisite. You made the most astonishing cover for Fragments, and I am indebted to your insight. Your teasers were breathtaking also. Thank you for your time and giving Fragments the best make over ever.
Thank you to
Angel Steel
for your wonderful formatting. I have enjoyed our chats and look forward to working with you more in the future. I see a glass of wine in the future or several.
PENNY RUDGE
. Without you I would not have hit publish. Without you, I would not have had the courage to take the leap after you asked me , “Where's the rest?” Fragments is here because of you. Thank you for your support, faith and encouragement. Thank you for answering all my questions, making my initial teasers and giving me the best advice. Our mutual love of Madeline Sheehan got me here. I look forward to future adventures. You rock, my dear.
To the incredible
Natasha Tomic
. You have been a wonderful friend, feeding my obsession with HEA while giving me the most honest, heart felt advice. I am grateful to our chats. Thank you for inspiring me. Your blog recommendations keep me sane. Your friendship is the icing on the cake.
To my biker babe,
Lila Rose
. I have really appreciated your friendship and support. Thank you for sharing my teasers and cover, while also being so helpful answering questions. You have been a great sounding board. I adore your face.
To the gorgeous
Rachel Brooks
for being a humble, caring and supportive friend. Your strength was reassuring to my stressy self and I value all the advice you gave me. Thank you for being selfless and making time to help me out when needed. You are a true gem!
Melanie
from Sassy Mum book blog. Thank you for helping me set up my author profile, helping me gain contacts and for your advice.
To
Marijke King
, you cheered me on when I sent you the first few chapters. Thank you for convincing me that this was something people would be interested in. Your encouragement gave me the excitement to get those chapters to you. Thank you for making me feel like I was doing the right thing. Love you!
Larissa Johnston
, you were the most thorough and resourceful BETA that I met and I am so grateful for the time you spent reading over my novel. You are a proof reading superstar.
Georgie Marinucci
for always being there for me. Your support and love for my novel was humbling. So lucky to have you. I am glad you forgave me for leaving you hanging with my climatic chapters. Love you!
Nicola Op’t Hoog
- Your countless hours spent reading my novel and telling me how excited you were about it. For finding out key quotes and parts you adored without me mentioning it, while telling me that it was something you were so grateful to have read. Thank you for being my cheerleader! These instances make this little author feel really humbled. Thank you x.
To my awesome cousin,
Kristina Reid
, thank you for being my late night reading buddy who was essential to keeping me sane. Your knowledge of an actual piano was also pretty useful! Love you x
Alicia Bell
, your friendship and support have been such a blessing. Thank you for having faith in my work.
Ebony
my rocker babe, your knowledge of TOOL lyrics and enthusiasm for this novel have been amazing. You cheered me on and I love you for it.
Lauren Grange
,
Tiffany Shellam
,
Kacey Thompson
,
Cindy Howard
,
Jade Kemp
and
Sarah Borrie
, thank you for your friendship and enthusiasm. I am so lucky to have you all in my life.
To the ever gorgeous and kind soul,
Summer Blaby
, your close knowledge of dance and your emotional insight, gave Trice the spirit she needed to soar. Thank you x
To
Deon Blaby
, your knowledge over the classic cars was really appreciated. Thank you!
To
Peter Eames
and
Trent King
thank you for your ‘blokey advice’.
To
Joelene Kisla
for your advice, friendship and fundamental language expertise. I thank you to the moon and back!
Katee Roberts Hird
, you are a brilliant author and your friendship, advice and encouragement have been heart warming. Thank you.
To
Genna Rulon
, who is both an author and a friend. Really love you honey! You kept me away from the ledge and I look forward to future chats over our swoony characters.
To
Elle Raven
,
J.B Hartnett
,
T.L Smith
, and
Len Webster
for your friendship and support.
To the best author pimper in town,
Amy Preston Rogers
! Your dedication was outstanding. Thank you for your shout outs, blog posts and being really supportive.
Thank you to
L. B Simmons
for your friendship and kindness. Your encouragement has been amazing.
Special mention to the Love Between the Sheets. To
Mary
and the girls, thank you for your professionalism, support and hosting my cover reveal and release party. I really enjoyed partying with you!
To the bloggers out there that took a chance and supported me throughout this journey; Natasha is a Book Junkie, Smut Book Club, Read and Ramble, Bex ‘n’ Books, Novels in Heels, 101 Ways to Make Love to a Spoon, Indie Authors and Book Blog, and anyone else who shared my work and was involved in my cover reveal and launch party. Thank you!
Thank you to the Smuffins for being a wicked bunch of babes. I’ve had many a chuckle and I look forward to many more.
To the inspirational authors out there, Kristen Ashley, Kylie Scott, Abbi Glines, Samantha Young, Mia Sheridan, Penelope Douglas, Harper Sloan, L H Cosway, Bella Jewel, Lili St Germain and Jen Frederick for taking time out of their busy schedules to say they liked our feedback on their novels. Thank you for making us readers feel like we matter. You inspire us daily and I thank you x
Thank you to all my friends, family and readers who have supported me throughout this wonderful journey by giving Fragments a chance. I hope you enjoyed Trice and Alex’s story xx.
Appendix:
The following resource was used throughout this novel. The author is not affiliated with this reference.
Alighieri, D 1980,
The Divine Comedy
, trans. C H Sisson, Oxford University Press, New York.
About the author
M R Field is an author from Rural Victoria and has completed a Bachelor's degree with Honours from Latrobe University, Melbourne.
After growing up with the river at her front door, she returned back to her hometown after many years of living in the city. She now lives a tranquil lifestyle with her husband and two young children.
M R Field has always held a love for writing, filling journals as a child which progressed to more eloquent pieces as an adult.
After ten years of creative instruction, she decided to turn these ideas into manuscripts. She adores creating new story lines and is a big fan of a happily ever after, but believes strongly in making her characters work for it.
She has recently decided to join the independent publishing world with her debut novel, Fragments, released on December 8th, 2014.
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