I love words. I always have. In songs, in poems, in books, in movies—words move me. In my younger years, I dabbled in writing as a therapy and an escape, but I never expected it to become more than that. While deep in the depths of mommying several small children, I took seven years to write my first book, Just Ella. During that time, I taught myself how to write a novel through a whole lot of trial and error. Not the most time-efficient method, but it gave me an education I wouldn’t have received from a class or a how-to book. Something about the struggle of writing without a formula or rules worked for me. I wrote for me. I wrote from my heart space, and I think that’s the reason that Just Ella has found room in so many of my readers’ heart spaces.
I write clean romance because I love it. I love the discovery of new love. I love the relationship building that’s done with looks, words, brushing fingers, and tentative kisses. Jane Eyre is the hero of my youth and taught me that being true to yourself and clinging to your convictions will be hard, but it will bring you more genuine happiness than giving up on yourself ever can.
I’ve lived in Utah, Arizona, Missouri, and Virginia, but my heart is now firmly ensconced in Idaho, where we’ve built a home and a community.
I love chocolate, waterfalls, pretty teacups, the sight and sound ofocean waves, and most especially my husband and my five beastlings. I love books that leave me with a sigh of contentment, and I aspire to write stories that do the same for my readers.
The Snarky Bio
Annette is an odd girl who hated reading as a child but somehow became an indie author at a time when indie authoring wasn’t quite cool yet. That’s probably why her first book did so well. She was filling a void. You’re welcome. She’s written nearly twenty books, and is much faster at it now than she was when she took eight years to write her first. She writes great kissing and great dialogue. She’s terrible as describing her characters physical characteristics. She sometimes forgets to give her characters last names. Though to be fair, they’re usually not necessary.
You are so wise about chocolate. And writing.