Did you ever have an itch you couldn’t scratch, a feeling that you’re supposed to be doing something else, something bigger with your life? Something that would touch the souls of the rest of mankind and justify your place amongst our fellow men, but you just couldn’t put your finger on what? I spent the best part of 40 years looking for the answer, and low and behold, I finished back where I started, with writing. I sometimes question why I didn’t just turn in the opposite direction, I would have got there straight away, but my path led me away from writing when I was just a teenager, because I lacked the confidence to pursue the dream. Reminiscing one day, the thought occurred to me that if I had found writing back then, I wouldn’t have taken the journeys that led me to write The Hidden Saga.
My name is Serina Hartwell. I’m the mother of two wonderful children, who grew up when I blinked. I come from an average size town in West Yorkshire, England. The same place where the Bronte sisters were born, and I am from the village in the mill town I write about.
Growing up in an industrial town, and coming from a working class background, I was surrounded by the mills, which were once the life blood of the community. Decrepit and falling into disrepair, they shadowed the place where I lived, serving as a reminder that our town once thrived. I watched as one by one, the mills went out of business and closed, serving to inspire my story, while changing the landscape around me.
My mother worked in the mills when I was a child. I recall every night, my father taking my brother and I to the mill to collect her and walk her home over the lonely beck-side. These trips along the shortcut are embedded throughout Hidden, as my childish imagination finally materialised on the page.
It was only recently that I found my way back to writing, when I suddenly found out that I was seriously ill. It’s funny how life has a way of bringing you full circle and offering you sharp reminders that time is slipping through your fingers. One moment I was fine and the next I was in a very bad place. Today you look upon the writing of one of the luckiest people on the planet, as I recovered and moved forward. Luck I intend to build upon. With doors closing all around me and my timely reminder, my life reached a turning point, I knew I had to find the thing I was supposed to be doing and get on with it. That’s when I really started looking.
In August 2010, I had the most intense urge to write. It came from nowhere, so I did the only thing I could, I borrowed my daughter’s laptop. I didn’t even know at the time if I could write. The last creative thing I wrote was at school. I didn’t know if I could connect with the page, let alone complete a book, but one thing is for sure, I haven’t stopped writing since, nor do I intend to. So, allow me to introduce you to my work. May I begin by introducing Bronte, in The Hidden Saga? I hope you enjoy Hidden and the many more to come.
Serina Hartwell – Author of The Hidden Saga
http://www.serinahartwell.com/
Goodreads Author
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8146251.Serina_Hartwell
Allow me to take you on an emotional rollercoaster – Step into the world of Bronte Hughes and open yourself up to mystery, secrets and danger. If you would like to get a feel for The Hidden Saga, here is a link to an image board I put together to help me write the saga. Just follow this link to see what inspired me –https://in.pinterest.com/serinahartwell/hidden-httpwwwserinahartwellcom/ Don’t forget to share your thoughts and leave me a review on Amazon and Goodreads. I can’t wait to read what you think.
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Allow me to take you on an emotional rollercoaster – Step into the world of Bronte Hughes and open yourself up to mystery, secrets and danger. If you would like to get a feel for The Hidden Saga, here is a link to an image board I put together to help me write the saga. Just follow this link to see what inspired me –https://in.pinterest.com/serinahartwell/hidden-httpwwwserinahartwellcom/ Don’t forget to share your thoughts and leave me a review on Amazon and Goodreads. I can’t wait to read what you think.
You can help me by sharing this post. Thank you for your continued support.
Allow me to take you on an emotional rollercoaster – Step into the world of Bronte Hughes and open yourself up to mystery, secrets and danger. If you would like to get a feel for The Hidden Saga, here is a link to an image board I put together to help me write the saga. Just follow this link to see what inspired me –https://in.pinterest.com/serinahartwell/hidden-httpwwwserinahartwellcom/ Don’t forget to share your thoughts and leave me a review on Amazon and Goodreads. I can’t wait to read what you think.
You can help me by sharing this post. Thank you for your continued support.
Allow me to take you on an emotional rollercoaster – Step into the world of Bronte Hughes and open yourself up to mystery, secrets and danger. If you would like to get a feel for The Hidden Saga, here is a link to an image board I put together to help me write the saga. Just follow this link to see what inspired me –https://in.pinterest.com/serinahartwell/hidden-httpwwwserinahartwellcom/ Don’t forget to share your thoughts and leave me a review on Amazon and Goodreads. I can’t wait to read what you think.
You can help me by sharing this post. Thank you for your continued support.
Allow me to take you on an emotional rollercoaster – Step into the world of Bronte Hughes and open yourself up to mystery, secrets and danger. If you would like to get a feel for The Hidden Saga, here is a link to an image board I put together to help me write the saga. Just follow this link to see what inspired me –https://in.pinterest.com/serinahartwell/hidden-httpwwwserinahartwellcom/ Don’t forget to share your thoughts and leave me a review on Amazon and Goodreads. I can’t wait to read what you think.
You can help me by sharing this post. Thank you for your continued support.
Allow me to take you on an emotional rollercoaster – Step into the world of Bronte Hughes and open yourself up to mystery, secrets and danger. If you would like to get a feel for The Hidden Saga, here is a link to an image board I put together to help me write the saga. Just follow this link to see what inspired me – https://in.pinterest.com/s…/hidden-httpwwwserinahartwellcom/ Don’t forget to share your thoughts and leave me a review on Amazon and Goodreads. I can’t wait to read what you think.
You can help me by sharing this post. Thank you for your continued support.
Allow me to take you on an emotional rollercoaster – Step into the world of Bronte Hughes and open yourself up to mystery, secrets and danger. If you would like to get a feel for The Hidden Saga, here is a link to an image board I put together to help me write the saga. Just follow this link to see what inspired me –https://in.pinterest.com/serinahartwell/hidden-httpwwwserinahartwellcom/ Don’t forget to share your thoughts and leave me a review on Amazon and Goodreads. I can’t wait to read what you think.
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I can think of no greater tragedy than to hear of losing two of Britain’s finest entertainers in the same week and from the same demise. First David Bowie and now Alan Rickman. The tragic news that Alan Rickman had lost his fight against cancer was announced today. It’s hard to imagine that such a vibrant actor could be lost.
Alan seemed to come from nowhere, when I was much younger. Playing the villain in Die Hard, first brought him to my attention, but it was his role in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves that secured him as one of my favourite actors. The vibrancy and comedy that he brought to that role shouldn’t have worked, ‘…and cancel Christmas,’ became one of his most famous lines – https://youtu.be/LUDntpV_HdQ, but he made it one of his most memorable roles and went onto even greater things. His version of Professor Snape in the film adaptation of Harry Potter was another great and much loved transformation that will always stay with me when I think of him.
I seem to be saying this far too often at the moment. R.I.P. Alan Rickman. You were a man of great charisma and will be missed greatly.
Allow me to take you on an emotional rollercoaster – Step into the world of Bronte Hughes and open yourself up to mystery, secrets and danger. If you would like to get a feel for The Hidden Saga, here is a link to an image board I put together to help me write the saga. Just follow this link to see what inspired me – https://in.pinterest.com/serinahartwell/hidden-httpwwwserinahartwellcom/ Don’t forget to share your thoughts and leave me a review on Amazon and Goodreads. I can’t wait to read what you think.You can help me by sharing this post. Thank you for your continued support.
Allow me to take you on an emotional rollercoaster – Step into the world of Bronte Hughes and open yourself up to mystery, secrets and danger. If you would like to get a feel for The Hidden Saga, here is a link to an image board I put together to help me write the saga. Just follow this link to see what inspired me –https://in.pinterest.com/s…/hidden-httpwwwserinahartwellcom/
Don’t forget to share your thoughts and leave me a review on Amazon and Goodreads. I can’t wait to read what you think. You can help me by sharing this post. Thank you for your continued support.
You can help me by sharing this post. Thank you for your continued support.
Serina Hartwell 