I Have Something to Say Note from the Editor
HOW TO CHOOSE... Knits and Reads, or Chocolates and Roses?
by Susan Violante
I love Valentine’s Day. But for me ‘romance’ was never guaranteed on February 14th. I never got chocolates or flowers throughout high school, as I could never coordinate having an admirer for Valentine’s.
Then I went to college and freshmen year went, nothing. Sophomore, nothing. And Junior, neither!
Susan Violante Managing Editor
When Senior Year's Valentine’s came by I decided not to take any more chances and invited all my male friends for dinner but they would be allowed to join only if they brought me roses. Thanks to my cooking skills and accomplished Italian menu repertoire the dinner was a success.
I got a dozen handsome young men bring me roses for Valentine’s Day. However, it wasn’t until I stepped outside that I realized my mother’s rose garden was gone!
Since then I have always given myself a book and new yarn for Valentine’s and stopped expecting the chocolates and flowers... somehow though they began to make their way to me the day before the 14th of February 34 years ago; when I met my husband...
May you have plenty of both!
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ABOUT ME Born and raised in Venezuela of Italian immigrants, Susan completed a BA in Political Science and Business Administration before moving to the US . She built a career as a Business Analyst/Accountant, while keeping herself active as a freelance writer in the US; publishing articles, poetry, children’s stories, and illustrations since 1996. She published her first book in 2009, and released her revised edition: Innocent War: Behind An Immigrant’s Past in 2011. Her picture book: Tuma: The Tribe’s Little Princess was published in early 2013 under her own label. Currently, Susan Violante is the Managing Editor/CEO/ Partner of I Have Something to Say Press and Book By Book Publicity, Author, Reviewer, Publicist and Publisher. She resides in Austin, TX with her husband Michel and her dogs, Canela and Karina,
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