Annabella's Oblivion (Hard World Tour #1) (51 page)

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Authors: V. F. Mason

Where do I start?

I published my first book, and I couldn’t be happier.

Writing a book was an incredible journey, one I didn't think I would ever be able to take but it happened, and now I’m grateful to all those without who my dream wouldn't have happened.

I want to start by thanking my parents. Mom and Dad, thank you so much for being there for me and believing that I could make it. For supporting me all those years when I wanted to get a degree in filming instead of B.B.A( Dad, I know you still don’t get it but support me anyway).

Mama for all those talks we had about it and the encouragement I had from you. I love you guys and hope you are proud of me.

Maysam, you were the one who read all my stories since the very start and the one who encouraged me to do it. You always believed I could make it, and helped me throughout. You were the first one to read my book and give me feedback on it and more. The amount of time you spend on my book and never once refused to help still makes it surreal to me. I remember all those audio messages that I sent to you and explained some aspects of the story and discussed my characters with you. You were the first to read and beta read my story and gave it that special flow that wouldn't have happened without you. I can’t count the times when I went all crazy on you with worry and thousands of questions, and you were always a true friend who calmed me down and told me to keep writing and then publishing it. We always wanted to work together on something (remember those uni days with film projects and never ending worries?), but I never thought that our first real collaboration would happen with my first book. Thank you so much, and I love you girl. You're truly one of a kind.

Sultana, you were almost like my PA in this project. You researched with me all the work that needed to be done and went to all the places where I needed to have the paperwork done. You have a big part in making this book published, and I can’t tell you how grateful I’m for all the things you did for me. You read as much as you could, and you had a valuable feedback (even though you were shocked with some of the things my characters did). I remember our late night phones calls and all those night out when I took my laptop out and showed some of my writing. You calmly listened to all my worries and supported me with your friendship. I know I was annoying at times, but you never pointed that out. Love you girl and hope you would continue to be there with me.

HD, Annabella experienced one of the biggest losses in her life, and she made the whole journey of being ok. I would have never understood her if I haven't lost you. I’ll probably never be fully ok with the fact that you are gone but like Bella, the pain is not longer a raging inferno. I remember the time back a few years when I promised you that I would mention you in my first book. That I would write the story that would be about us and reflects something that we had. You believed that I could make it, that if I wanted to, I could do it. I never thought that the experience I would share here would be the fact that you are no longer with us. But I know you are above in the heaven and smiling because that’s just who you were. I’ll always love you and like Nick, you’ll always have a special place in my heart.

I want to thank Hot Tree Editing for the amazing work done on my book!

Huge thank you to Mayhem Cover Creations for fabulous cover and formatting!

And thank you to you, my readers, for giving me a chance and joining me on this incredible journey.