Nathalie Riel

I am the author of the upcoming book Mirror Souls.

 

I have recently decided to apply myself to my dream, my first love, writing my book. I am on a journey into the field of writing and it is quite exiting. I am learning a lot along the way.

 

You can read  about my journey through my blog.

 

It is still in the process of being written but it talks about my true life horror story of surviving a relationship with a sociopath. It is not a story for the faint of heart, and does not quite have a happy ending to it, but it is my story.

 

I am at a point in my life where I do not want to go backwards, but only forward. I have decided to write this book because I have experienced the pain and suffering one can have in a relationship that is only one-sided only to realize that after 10 years of hoping it will change for the better, that I was in a very toxic relationship with a sociopath.

 

It has been 15 years since I left that relationship but it still haunts me. I had a son with that person that I still do not see today, because of his lies that he told him over the years, he had alienated him against me.

 

I live with that  pain every single day of my life, but it will not stop me from moving forward, a promise to myself.

 

I have decided to live for my future and my sons.

 

I have two sons. One from my toxic relationship who is now 21 years old and as far as I know he is still living with his father, and another who is 14 years old, whose father died of brain cancer just before he turned 4 years old.

 

All that is another story, which will be my next book.

 

Since a very young age, I have a love affair with books. Anything that I can get my hands on, I will read it. I like to read mostly fiction, like thrillers, adventure, and romance, erotic.

You name it, and I will read it. I also like articles and biographies.

 

Not only do I like to read, but my passion is writing. I love words, so much that as a child I would constantly look up the meaning in the dictionary. It used to drive my older sister crazy, because she often would not understand the words I used. I have always had a very active imagination and would entertain myself with stories I would spin in my head, dreaming one day of writing my own book.

 

I have in the past studied Interior Design at the International Academy of Design in Montreal, Quebec. I have learned many different aspects of architectural design, pictorial organization, perspective drawing, rendering and even color psychology. I can read building plans, and I have a good eye at functionality in design.

 

After spending the last three years studying everything I could find on the internet, I have gotten to be technologically savvy in many different ways, and hands on as well. I could install a car radio, to installing floors.

 

I have aslo learned in the last year how to format, fix, and upgrade my home computers. I can now fix almost anything in the house, almost as good or even better than a man, LOL.

 

I have been writing poetry since I was a teenager, and still do. I have published one of my poems Existence at www.barebacklit.com/Poetry-March-2013.html

 

I have just joined a few sites for freelance writers. I am with www.iwriter.com and with my first attempt, published an article.