~*~ABOUT THE AUTHOR~*~
AMANDA (ah-MAHN-dah)- Latin- Meaning lovable or worthy of love.
Fitting. I've always had an affinity for love.
Being born in sunny San Diego in the mid 80’s to a young military
couple gave me plenty of insight into the dynamics of a romantic relationship.
Somewhere between moving coasts every three years, I found myself engrossed in
fairytale romances and dressing up like a bride.
My first real love was writing. By my sophomore year in a new high
school in Virginia, I had a slew of short stories, songs, poems, and articles
to my name. Writing was fun. It was a way to get the emotions, dialogue, and
pictures out of my head, and create a destiny for my characters.
I had no intention of making
a career in writing, because it wasn’t what I did, it was who I was. In
reality, I wanted to be an actress. Ah, to be the face of someone else’s
authored story. The plan was to move in with my aunt in L.A. after graduation,
but had a change of heart. Instead, I stayed with my high school sweetheart
(now husband) and attended a film school in Norfolk, VA. It was at this school
that I discovered my love for writing screenplays and felt compelled to follow
that path. But…as the practical girl I was brought up to be, I decided to go to
a real university. While working full time, I completed my BA in Psychology in
four and a half years. Becoming a couple’s therapist had always been my
“backup” career and there I was on my way to solving love's most complicated
quandaries one couple at a time.
With all my new free time after graduation, I decided to turn my
full-length screenplay into a novel in hopes it would help my screenplay sell.
I think I was in the middle of writing chapter two when I realized that
everything I had ever written was to prepare me for that moment when I knew I
was a novelist. Talk about the affirmation of my life. Now my plan is to solve
love's most complicated quandaries one novel at a time.
~*~BOOK LIST~*~
The Man Test
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