Vanessa Salazar is a Trinidadian author, born in Las Cuevas Village. As a child, her grandfather introduced her to mermaids by convincing her that mermaids lived in a nearby river. Since then, she has loved mermaids and most things mythical.
At age seven, Vanessa moved to Port-of-Spain. She lived there for many years. After secondary school, she pursued several random courses before settling on a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Her original choice, English, was too costly at that time. Instead, she fed her desire to write by enrolling in any available writing courses she could find. Later, she joined the Writers Union of Trinidad and Tobago and then the MFA Creative Writing programme at UWI St. Augustine.
Vanessa eventually combined her desire to share her grandfather’s story with her dream of becoming an author when she succeeded in publishing Selima and the Merfolk in June 2014.
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Nice to meet the author of what I know will be a fantastic book
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Hi Vanessa, I’ve just tagged you in the WIP Blog Hop. Have a look on my post for the questions
http://janedougherty.wordpress.com/2014/07/01/the-work-in-progress-blog-hop/
Hope you join in 🙂
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Hi, This is such a good idea. I am at home today, so I’ll post if not today, tomorrow. Thanks so much. I’ll also work on the other two articles.
I hope you will take part in https://vanessasalazar.com/2014/06/26/shine-on-self-published-authors-series/ Your books will be a very interesting addition, as soon as I get my kindle, I’ll start the series.
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I’ll get round to it in the next few days. Thanks for reminding me. I read the post and then lost it again.
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I agree that everything happens for a reason and that we choose our experiences to learn life lessons; or at least, make an effort to learn from them. I really like what you have going on here, so I followed you. Thanks so much for following my blog!
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You are most welcome.
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Thank you for visiting my blog! My lucky tugboat man has been to Trinidad and bought me some cool things there, but I’ve never been…I hear it’s beautiful and so are the people!
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You would love Trinidad. We love to eat, party and just lay back on the beach on a Sunday.
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And good surf for hub too, I hear. Don’t you have to fly to Panama first? We actually looked at taking a vacay there.
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No. Aren’t you in the US?
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Yes, we’re in Southern California
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Good, you’ll get a direct flight.
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That’s awesome!
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All the best with your book. As a young Jamaican writer, it really warms my heart to see writers in my region pursue their dreams. Looking forward to seeing you reap the fruits of you labour. Best wishes, Tricia.
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Its always great to hear from fellow Caribbean writers. Thanks for the support.
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No prob. Anytime. We writers sure need it so I don’t mind spreading the love.
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Ah, so now I understand why you liked my flash fic story ‘A Whale of a Tale.’ 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by. I’m enjoying taking a look around your blog!
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Yes! I love mermaids 🙂
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Hi Vanessa, Thank you for finding and following my blog 🙂
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Love the redesign of your blog! Very sleek
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Thanks. Now I need to post more frequently.
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