Author's Intro

Hi there! My name is Paulina, or Pau for short. I must admit that writing my own introduction is a bit strange considering I have never published a website before, but regardless, I'm really excited. Although, keep in mind that this is new territory, so bear with me!

An important fact about me is that writing is my life - without it, I would feel incomplete to say the least. I first realized this at the age of six when I would spend time in my mom's office after school. Thankfully, she had an extra computer so I took the opportunity to use it whenever I wanted to kill time. I'm not sure what led me to opening up a Word document and start writing, but I do remember my very first short story. It was about two dogs falling in love and living happily ever after.

I know, I know ... quite strange but I was obsessed with dogs - still am!

I don't remember the details of that story, but I do remember feeling proud, confident and happy that I wrote something on the spot. As a fellow introvert and growing up to be timid most of the time, this was a big deal for me.

I knew that writing became a part of me in that moment.

Since then, I've been writing in different journals throughout the years, but I decided to get out of my comfort zone in my last semester of college and start writing my first book, COLLISION - a YA science fiction novel that will eventually be part of a series. I finished writing and editing it (with the help of my great friend Kiara) and officially self-published it through Barnes & Noble on May 2020. I can easily say it has been my proudest moment so far.

If any of you want to give it a read, here is the link! https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/collision-pm-ramos/1137086679?ean=9781078783668

Besides my love for writing, I am a San Francisco State business degree graduate living in the Bay Area with my wonderful fiancé, I am a soon to be dog mom and ... where are all my coffee lovers at? ... I LOVE coffee, specifically iced.

At this point, caffeine runs through my veins as much as I don't like to admit it.

Now, you're probably wondering why I even decided to start a blog.

Truth be told, I have been going through writer's block for the past couple of months and I wanted to challenge myself as a writer again while working on my second book. I actually started to work on a website a couple of years ago to blog about books, but I never got the courage to publish it. This time I decided to do something different and blog about life in general.

For those of you reading right now, my goal is to essentially connect with you all on a deeper level. I want to write about every possible topic you can think of and share my personal experiences to hopefully build a community through here. Whether things are going great in your life or not, let's talk about it! Life can be extremely beautiful but yet very difficult, and it's important to be there for one another. I want to break the idea where society makes us think that expressing or sharing our emotions/experiences makes us weak.

I'm sorry?

Silliness, I say.

By the way, if you got this far reading just my introduction, I truly thank you! Like I mentioned in the beginning of my intro, this is all new for me, but I am ready to start this new journey of blogging and connecting with all of you.

Let the adventure begin!