My name is Teresa Thomas Bohannon, I am the author of the Regency romance A Very Merry Chase and the Paranormal romance, Shadows In A Timeless Myth. This is my story.Young, slender, I perched cross-legged on the foot of my bed. These days, I couldn't pretzel up like that if I tried, and even if I could I would probably be fancier about it and call it a lotus position. Back then I could do it easily enough, but it was just plain old sittin' cross-legged, and I was darned lucky I could do it, because if I hadn't been able to, I'd never written my first novel.That was 35 years ago. With thousands of eagerly devoured books behind me, and nothing but a high school diploma to recommend me, I dared to send out that first query letter to an address I found in the library's copy of Writer's Digest. I couldn't believe it when the editor, impressed by my obvious love for the genre, replied immediately to say that she looked forward to reading my book. Unfortunately, it was just fate's cruel joke on either me or her; because by the time my carefully packed manuscript arrived in New York City a few weeks later, she had left the agency and my book was returned unread with a cursory note.I never queried again. I convinced myself that it was for the best, and meant to be, that I wasn't ready. So instead of writing, I began endlessly editing and revising, until finally I convinced myself that I just wasn't good enough. After that I wrote for the sheer love of writing with an idea that someday, maybe I would officially publish something. Eventually, I moved onto writing other things, looking for the confidence that I had lost somewhere along the way. Fantasy, sci fi, horror novels, screenplays and short stories followed, and along came kids and computers, web design, editing, writer's workshops and a special room just for writing and then degrees both BA and MA.So here we are--35 years later and Regency romance I wrote so long ago, and the Paranormal romance that I have spent the past 26 years working on as time and inclination allowed are finally published. After all this time and all the mileage, the wondrous, wonderful Internet has come to my rescue, allowing me the luxury of finally being able to self-publish my stories, beginning--naturally--with the first novel I ever wrote.***Teresa Thomas Bohannon holds an M.A.in history, with a special concentration in women's studies. She formerly served as a gemstone show host for an independent shopping channel and was known as the Queen of the Gemstone Dungeon. For the past fourteen years, she has been employed as the HR Director for a large non-profit agency. She has two grown sons and spends her weekends and vacations writing.