"Where true love, sensuous pleasure, and happily-ever-afters prevail..."
I was born in Dunnottar Castle in Grampian, Scotland, high upon the cliffs over looking the turbulent North Sea. And I was betrothed to my true love at the tender age of twelve. I remember the first time I saw him, riding across the plains upon his white charger, his armour shining brilliantly in the noonday sun...I swear, I feared my heart would leap out of my breast for the love he did instill in me...
(Insert record scratch here.)
Okay, the truth of the matter is: reality sucks, and I’m a story teller and have been since the moment I could talk, according to my Dad. Whenever he caught me in a lie, I had no problem coming up with a dozen reasons why I painted the cat purple with green polk-a-dots, none of them true of course, but at least they were highly entertaining. It was at that time he knew I was destined for greatness... I would become a writer, a story teller who actually gets PAID to lie. What more could you possibly want in a career?
Writing has always been my passion, and it began in grade five when I was forced to either memorize a poem each day and recite it for the class, or write a poem and read it to the class. After reciting my first poem (The Cremation of Sam McGee) and hating it, I quickly discovered I had a talent for writing poetry and wrote about every topic under the sun, from fluffy white clouds to my big toe... *shudder* But it wasn’t long before I moved on to short stories, though I still had a habit of writing sappy love poetry which I wouldn’t touch now with a ten foot pole.
I was fourteen when I read my first romance novel, and suddenly a whole new world opened up before my eyes.But it wasn’t until the tragic death of my best friend, Carl, that I took a serious hand to writing, and completed my first fantasy novel at the age of 19. It would be a couple more years before I realized that romance was my true calling.
I LOVE history. To me there is nothing like knights in shining armour riding to the rescue of their beautiful, spirited damsels; of swashbuckling pirates stealing the women of their dreams; and devilishly handsome rogues fighting to the death for the lovely ladies who have unwittingly stolen their hardened hearts...
Ingela loves pets, in fact she's never been without a dog or a cat since she was a baby. To her, there is nothing like the unconditional love and loyalty of a four-legged friend... Her writing companions: Siega von Hyatt, a beautiful, 85 lb German Shepherd who follows Ingela everywhere she goes, and serves as her muse; Rogue Warrior, a 115 lb German Shepherd who also shadows Ingela, is her father's "drinking" buddy, and believes the cats belong to him! Zatoichi von Ratbastard (Ichi for short) is a feisty Manx and the mother of the other three cats. Katsu is a lazy, orange tabby who adores Ingela's mother. Maddy-Shin is small and feisty like her mother, who loves to bring dead rats and mice into the house. And Taro, the biggest of three (weighing over 10 lbs), has the sweetest personality and the silkiest fur you've ever touched.
Ingela struggled for seven years, wrote nine manuscripts, and received 128 rejections before she was finally published?
Did You Know?
Ingela's ever constant writing companion is a German Shepherd by the name of Rogue Warrior, who follows her around everywhere she goes?
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Ingela has two muses who follow her from one end of the house to the other, and lay happily at her feet while she madly types away.
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Ingela is on Myspace.com, Bebo.com, GoodReads, Shelfari, and Twitter? She would love to chat with you and become your friend.
© 2006-2009 Ingela F. Hyatt
