So, you want to know who I am do you? 🙂
I’m a mom, a grandmother, an animal lover, and yes, a writer. I’ve always been a prolific reader (I remember when we would go camping when I was a kid, my dad used to get so mad because I only wanted to sit and read instead of going on hikes or boating or whatever) and I’ve wanted to been a writer for as long as I can remember.
Dani, The Blogger
I’ve always loved blogging. From my first online blog at diary-x, to blogspot, to WordPress, I’ve had a lot of blogs.
These days I’m mostly blogging on Medium but you’ll see lots of those posts re-published here.
Dani, The Writer
For the past 20 years I have been making money from my writing. Most of it has been non-fiction writing that I get paid for by webmasters or bloggers that have their own sites and don’t want to write the content themselves or can’t write the content themselves. I also write fiction.
I have two novellas called The Red Dress (part 1 and part 2), which you can find on all major ebook retailers and you can buy in paperback on Amazon. They are currently going through revisions and I’ll be relaunching them this year. I also write under a couple pen names. Ya, that’s the spicy stuff! If you know, you know.
What I’ve always wanted to write is novels. Full novels with characters that you can connect with, cry with, get excited with, and become friends with. And I’m currently working on my first novel! I’m super excited about it and I hope I’ll finish it this year.
The best books I’ve read are books I go back to time and time again. They have characters that feel like friends to me. When I re-read one of those books, it feels like I am going home. One writer that has influenced me is Rosamunde Pilcher. She’s written quite a few books, but the ones I have truly loved are The Shell Seekers and Winter Solstice. I’ve read those books so many times. I know exactly what is going to happen – but I like that. I like picking up one of the books and opening it to a random spot and just starting to read. It’s like re-living a memory.
So, I hope my novel in progress is the kind of book that will be like that for you. I hope that you will connect with Glenn and Hurricane, the main characters, and feel with them. I hope that you will want more of them. I hope that you will fall in love with their stories.
Cheers,
