Good day guys and welcome to another edition of "Writer Wednesday." Today I'll be featuring a good friend of mine who is not only extremely talented but has also been consistently supportive of my movement. Through many of the tough stretches that I go through as a full-time author, she's been there for me to give her advice and encouragement. As a full-time author herself, she understands what i go through and how difficult it can be for me sometimes. I can always count on her to share information and opportunities. Basically, what I'm saying is that she's awesome. I hope you read about her and then show her some love.
Teresa D. Patterson
Author, blogger, entrepreneur and proofreader
AUTHOR BIO
Teresa D. Patterson
is known for writing books in the urban fiction genre that are filled with
steamy sex scenes and tons of drama. She also writes erotica, romance, and
young adult fiction.
The writer inside
Patterson emerged when she was in the fifth grade. Her spelling teacher would
have the students choose a title and construct a story that they'd have to read
in front of the class. Patterson's stories captivated the class, and they would
excitedly anticipate what she would come up with the following week.
Even though
Patterson had poetry and short stories published over the years, she didn't
become a published fiction author until 2005. Consequently, she learned not to
deal with vanity presses and unknown publishers. In 2009, she felt it
was time to take her writing career in her own hands and formed Edit Again
Publications to self-publish her works.
Patterson has
written twenty-three novels. Some of her popular titles are, Project
Queen, The Real Hood Wives of St. Pete., They Call Me Mr. G-Spot,
and Ex-boyfriend. A Bitter Pill to Swallow, was co-authored with
thriller, suspense, and crime novelist, Keith Gaston. Patterson's latest
release is All of Me Loves All of You.
Patterson lives in
Florida, which is the setting for most of her novels. She has three children.
UNPRETTY SECRETS – SAMPLE
Stacia nodded at Vanessa and went back to
braiding her client’s hair. She would be there all night and that was fine with
her. She couldn’t stand her living situation at the moment. She just needed to
have patience. With only eight hundred dollars in her checking account, she
couldn’t really afford to move from her mother’s house just yet. She would try
to give it another two months and save every cent she made, but it was getting
harder and harder to put up with her mother’s rage.
This morning had been a prime example. She’d
left the twins alone long enough to go take a shower and when she’d returned,
her mother was giving her the look.
“Stacia, I was kind enough to let you bring
your ass back here and to bring your little bastards with you. But I’m not
going to tolerate them fucking up my shit,” she snapped, holding out a tube of
red lipstick. “That little trifling bitch wrote on my damn wall with this
lipstick. What are you going to do about it?”
“I’ll clean it up, Mama. I’m sorry.” Stacia
began to tremble inside with fear. Once Grace got crunk up, there would be no
stopping her. “I’m sorry,” she apologized again.
“Yes, that you are,” Grace spat, her eyes
slanting. “You’re a sorry piece of shit.” Her right hand came up and she
proceeded to repeatedly slap Stacia in her face until she was satisfied she’d
gotten her point across. “Don’t let it happen again. Keep your little monsters
in line,” she hissed. “I shouldn’t have to look after them. They’re yours, not
mine.”
“Okay, Mama. I will,” Stacia sobbed, holding
her stinging jaw. “I’m sorry.”
“Get out of my sight before I go upside your
head again,” Grace growled.
Stacia rushed into the bedroom that she
shared with her children. She hurriedly wiped away the tears so they wouldn’t
see them. However, they could pick up on the feeling that something was wrong.
Both of them went over to their mother and gave her a hug.
“Is grandma mad again?” Titianna asked.
“She’s always mad,” Terry said. “Mama, why do
Grandma hate us? What did we do?”
When Stacia stared down into her children’s
sad faces, she couldn’t stop the tears from trickling down her cheeks. She
didn’t know why Grace Watkins hated her children, but she did know why her
mother hated her.
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If you’d like to read Unpretty Secrets, it can be purchased from the following:
Barnes & Noble: http://goo.gl/axy5fd
Google Play Books: https://goo.gl/p4qWTv
Kobo: https://goo.gl/TqdtQq
Smashwords: https://goo.gl/nW1O7A
Paperback copies are available on my website http://www.teresadpatterson.com/
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