Holding Myself: The Perfect Summer Time Read (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781912175383)

Victoria Brown has always had a passion for writing. When asked at the age of 9 years old, what she wanted to be when she grew up, her reply 'an author' was met with a disheartened response, 'that jobs like that, don't happen to people like us!' Luckily, Victoria didn't listen to this advice and never gave up on her passion. She continued to write while perusing a career in Marketing after gaining a BA (Hons) in Business and Marketing. In 2006 her eldest daughter was born and then two years later her 2nd daughter came along. Victoria realised in the midst of the mummy madness, that she'd let her writing dwindle and that nappy-changing, sleepless nights and not being able to go to the toilet in peace could not stop her fulfilling her writing dreams. So when her girls were 3 years old and 18 months old, she decided that sleep was over-rated and enrolled at Teesside University. A year later she proudly left with a MA in Creative Writing, some wonderful friendships and a passion for therapeutic writing. While studying for her MA she was also delighted to win a short-story competition judged by Adele Parks, to which she received publication and mentoring from Adele. After her MA, Victoria concentrated on writing women's fiction. She loves writing stories that women can relate to. The Chaos Series grew from her own experience of pregnancy, motherhood and life. Victoria is also passionate about mental health and likes to write of such issues in her stories. Her dedication to mental health and living life to the full has led her down a spiritual path. Through her learning of spirituality she qualified as a Law of Attraction and NLP Practitioner, which she integrates into her writing. Her inspirational blog includes an A-Z motivational journey with weekly therapeutic creative writing exercises. She has developed this further and will soon launch her inspirational shop. The shop has been created to pass on positivity and love to others ... you never know when someone may need to see those messages. Being accepted by Bombshell Books is a dream come true for Victoria, she hopes that her mantra for giving love always and never giving up will inspire others to follow their dreams and passion. If you're interested in finding out more about Victoria, her inspirational blog and shop you can visit www.victoria-brown.com, plus you can follow her on: FB: www.facebook.com/vicjbrown/ Twitter: https: //twitter.com/victoriajbrown Instagram: https: //www.instagram.com/victoriaj.brown/ Pintrest: https: //uk.pinterest.com/victoriajbrown/