My name is Sarah, and I was raised in a teeny-tiny farming community in eastern Washington. And by teeny-tiny, I mean...there were 500 people in the town. Total. No, I'm not kidding. I lived with my parents and two older brothers, and spent the bulk of my time living in imaginary worlds of high adventure and romance...all of which I'd created in my own head.
When I got old enough to realize how uncool it was so pretend to be a fairy, firefighter, rock star, or princess...I started writing stories. The first few books I wrote were pretty basic, nothing terribly special, except that I was an eleven or twelve year old kid writing a book. Which, in translation, meant that I was the "weird kid". Super. Anyway, when I was 19, I wrote a novel called "The Road Trip", but it, like so many other books I wrote, was packed away in boxes, never to be visited again, as I headed off to college to study Art...which, in turn, led to me quitting to find myself, which, in turn, led to a bad marriage and two kids, which, in turn, led to divorce and single motherhood, which, in turn, led to a blind date at Applebee's (Craplebee's), which led to marriage to my wonderful, loving, nerd and two more kids.
It wasn't until I was 30 years old that I started to dabble in writing again. I started and stopped at least 50 stories, but never had the time or the patience to complete one. Finally, when I read about Stephenie Meyers' story (everyone knows it...she had a dream, wrote the dream down, it became a book, now she's a gazillionairre.) I decided that I was doing a disservice by not at least continuing to do something that I loved so much. Something that literally gave me the boost, that much needed energy, to get through the mundane chores and routines of a housewife and mother of four young kids. I used to tell my husband, as he snickered, that writing "fed my soul", a explanation he still doesn't understand. But, it does. I've often said, that YES, I will continue to try to get some of my work published, but even if it doesn't, I will still write. If I don't my spirit will die. Just fizzle out like a sparkler. *SIGH* I don't want that to happen. Even if I do leave this mortal coil with 75 UN-published books for my kids to figure out what to do with. Whatever, at least I did something that made me happy. That's more than I can say for all the pencil pushers out there.
I started out by rewriting The Road Trip (which has been renamed Perfectly Imperfect), and fell hopelessly in love with my main characters, Gennie and Caleb. I love that book. I mean, I LOVE that book. I don't know if it will ever be published, as it is long and arduous, and I really feel like it's an amputation every time I try to cut it back a little. So I consider it my "first" book (in adulthood) and will lovingly leave it on my shelf until I have an agent that I can show it too. Once I finished Perfectly Imperfect, I started Dillon and Gabe's story...which wound up being even longer than Gennie and Caleb's story! So I broke it into three books, and I am currently plugging the first, aptly named This Ominous Secret: The Proposal. Dare I say it, as much as I adore my first book, my second is leaps and bounds better! It has romance and intrigue and secrets and hurt and pain and laughter....and a sexy little bastard named Gabe Parker. *SIGH* I love my stories. I hope I get to share them with the world someday.
I do have a small group of friends who call themselves my "fans". I usually let people read my books that will give my only the harshest of opinions, so that I know I am getting the truth, and so far, the reviews have been phenomenal! They are literally begging me for more Dillon and Gabe! Can you believe it!!?? If only an agent could share their sentiments...
In my spare time (meaning, when I am not changing diapers, wiping noses, and writing kick azz romance novels...) I enjoy movies, reading a lot (My favorites are Kristan Higgins, Jennifer Weiner, Nora Roberts, and Sarah Addison Allen....just to name a few.), spending time with my hubby (whom I refer to as "my nerd", and yes, he knows I call him that. Ask him what he calls me.), floral design (I was a floral designer long ago when I was young young young), cartooning, and spending time with my four monsters, all of which have partial ownership of my heart. I do other things that I don't enjoy so much...like laundry, mopping hardwood floors, cooking casseroles, carpooling, and dieting. (I love cheese. It doesn't love me so much. I've got to lose some friggin' weight.) I also write the occasional article for the Latter-day Sentinel, mostly fluff pieces that make readers go "aaaaaawwwwwwww!" :)
I guess that's me in a nutshell. I'm nothin' fancy. I have great hair, but a big tummy. I wear crazy clothes sometimes. I quote obscure movies, and find humor in tense situations, a trait that drives my husband crazy, but not in the good way. I love owls. I hate mice. I guess it's good that owls eat mice. I have a dog, Lucy, who is not terribly smart, but incredible with my kids. And I am having a secret love affair with one of my fictional characters, Gabe. *Double Sigh*
Brooke Moss (Sarah)
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