I am a multi-genre author who always loved to write but never thought about publishing anything until a friend of mine told me I should.Before that, I was more interested in acting. I performed in a couple of amateur stage showed and joined a Youth run Theatre Company. I was also an extra in a few commercials, TV shows and movies.My love for acting soon got replaced with the love for my son. I made him my number one priority. I found it easier to write on my spare time than to work around other people's schedules to act. I found that I had to use some of my acting training to write since I had to put myself in the shoes of the characters I created.I currently have 10 books available to purchase. One of them is a compilation of my family oriented short stories originally published in The Suburban's Online Magazine.My poem "Hiding in the Wilderness" and short story "Born to Sing" were featured in the 2014 Aspire to Inspire Women Writer's Anthology, which instantly became a best seller.More of my poetry was featured in the anthology "Words of Fire and Ice," which quickly reached the #1 Bestseller status on both the Poetry Multi-Author Anthologies and Poetry Anthologies via Smashwords.More of my work was featured in Summer Shorts II: Best kept Secrets.While I continue to come up with stories, I encourage my son to so some writing of his own since he is full of good ideas and has a big imagination. He reminds me of myself as a child.I am a single mom and feel very lucky to have my son in my life. I wrote a memoir of motherhood, which was included in the compilation book "They Call me MamaBear" put together by author Amber Royce. Because it was so special to me, I republished the memoir independently. On a side note, Whether you own any of my books or not, you can request a personalized digital autograph from me. =)http://www.authorgraph.com/authors/c_bellehumeurVisit my website: http://author-chantal-bellehumeur.webnode.com/Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chantal-Bellehumeur-public-author-page/347446362035640