I was raised in the Humboldt Park area of Chicago. My mother born and raised in Mexico and my father from Laredo Texas, had divorced when I was young. My mother re-married to the man who raised me ...voir plusI was raised in the Humboldt Park area of Chicago. My mother born and raised in Mexico and my father from Laredo Texas, had divorced when I was young. My mother re-married to the man who raised me as his own. I have always been a writer. The Vampire genre has always fascinated me since I was old enough to read beyond my age and grade. I fell in love with books and
reading because they took me away from the harsh gang infested inner city streets and into places of impossible fancy. Words were an outlet, to express all my feelings, like the paint to an empty canvas, my words drenched all the empty pages of countless notebooks, scraps of paper, and even napkins.
From a young age I always aspired to be a writer, but motherhood came early into my life. I had my only child when I was a senior at C.P. Steinmetz High School in Chicago, and even married the father of my child. Due to financial circumstances, we moved in with his family far enough away from school that public transportation was difficult and with no car High School for me was over. The baby came early, as did my new adult life. The marriage was rocky and after several years of separating and trying again divorce was unavoidable. We eventually gave it that one last shot mainly so that our son could grow up with both his parents, but we never remarried and it was not such a loving union. I had left the city for the suburbs in hopes of giving my son a peaceful neighborhood
to grow up in. I began to write this story that swirled around my mind since I was scribbling in notebooks but life always got in the way. I was temporarily unemployed and was able to write the bulk of this novel. My relationship with my son’s father was ultimately over and now my son was 17, he was starting his
Senior year of High School when I moved out. I went to my mother’s house who was still mourning the passing of my “other dad” and the book was put on hold, due to my demanding work schedule. I met my prince charming at work. I wasn’t looking for a new man in my life I wanted to be single again for a while, but life happens and after a whirlwind romance we were engaged and married a year later. My husband encouraged the completion of my life’s work, and with the love and support of many family, friends, and acquaintances near and far, I share this story with everyone that has a passion for words and even those who are holding out for the audio copy.voir moins