Painted Memories (ePub)

I'm not like most…

I don't consider myself the typical writer. Fact is, I didn't grow up with a love of reading or writing, much like other authors out there. I always hated reading. I hated being forced into reading books for school and even worse, I hated writing the reports that came along with them. Fast forward a lot of years and a few book series later, namely the Twilight and Harry Potter series, and I've been reading nonstop ever since. I regret sincerely that I never gave books a chance growing up because I know I missed out on a lot of amazing stories.

Once I discovered my love of reading, I started writing book reviews to share my love of books. After writing reviews for over a year, a new bug hit me. The Writing bug!

After much encouragement from a dear friend, I gave the story I saw in my head life and started a new journey. Nearly a year later my first novel was born. It was truly the hardest thing I've ever accomplished. And with a family, (husband, 2 girls, and dogs) and a full-time 40 hour a week job, I never thought it possible. Even more, I never thought others would love it as much as me.
But they did.
And it gave me the confidence and drive to try again. My second novel was born in Jan 2013.

So like I said in the beginning… I don't feel like I fit the typical writer/author category.
I wasn't an avid reader… but I am now.
I wasn't creative, dreaming up stories every waking moment… but I do now.
I don't have a degree in English or Writing… and I still don't.
But what I've always had inside me is love, romance, the happily-ever-afters; the part of me that can pull out the smallest speck of romance between two people. And that's what I write about. My books are contemporary romance, but I will never tie my writing down to only one genre. I don't ever want to be restricted with it comes to what I read… and I won't allow my writing to