Don’t sit on a story you know is good and deserves to be read. Now is the perfect opportunity to take advantage of the digital age of self-publishing. I would advice aspiring writers to take advantage of the avenues available today and get your stories heard by the world. What Advice Would You Give Aspiring Writers? Although it should be true to real-life, no one is going to beat me over the head for not being pinpoint accurate unless I’m quoting someone. With fiction, I enjoy the freedom of not having to actually do reference checks as if I’m writing a report. How is Writing In Your Genre Different from Others?Īlthough writing fiction is not real, the stories I write stem from real-life situations either my own or the ones I’ve lived vicariously through others, and some of it is my own imagination. What happened in their past could possibly ruin their future or make their love strong enough to forgive and move forward. Soon he meets Connie and the two fall in love, but when they learn their paths have crossed before, it sends them on an emotional ride that could prove to be too much. On the other side of Chicago is Dean Wilson, a cocky police officer whose marriage ends tragically. Connie could possibly lose it all, including herself. At the peak of her career, someone from her past tries to destroy everything she has worked hard for. When tragedy strikes the family, Connie is virtually the last survivor, and ends up homeless until an unexpected hobby leads to fortune and fame.

Its humanity is touching and its message heart warming.Connie Morris grows up in Chicago’s Cabrini Green projects, and suffers abuse from her father. This is a book of wonderful family values, a story of redemption and forgiveness, faith and hope. This is a clever and very rewarding way of telling this story.Īlthough I had come to dislike Tracey at first because of her selfish attitude, Haskins manages to portray her character with more compassion and lets things take their own dramatic course. While most shrug the book off and take the mis-representation without much drama, Tracey's ex-boyfriends decides to seek revenge and Tracey's plan backfires as the reader follows the second half of the book. I found this change of perception a great way of introducing all the characters of the story: The mother, who used to be a star, too, the ex-boyfriend, the best friend, the brother. In the first part of the book several characters of the book are shown reading and internally commenting on a 'tell-all' book by Tracey, who exposes just a little too much for most people's liking about her - and via that also their - private life/ lives. 'Riding the Waves: The Price of Fame and Fortune' by Selena Haskins is a thoughtful and deep novel that - as the title so rightfully announces - takes a good look at the desire and cost of fame.

A River Moves Forward by Selena Haskins