Storyteller at Heart
"My pen name is Chantalle Nicole, I am an unpublished writer. I have been writing since a teacher saw potential in me when I was an 11 year old student. I am lucky enough to say that life has dealt me a good hand; I’ve been fortunate enough to have a Village to surround me, a loving, although workaholic mother, and I have been taught that life is what you make of it.I have no degrees, actually, I don’t even have my twelfth grade diploma; I’m still one credit short! I do, however, have many stories, and I’ve been in love with writing since childhood. What ifs? are what drive me. Possibilities and scenarios of every-day life, propose to me, an opportunity to create a world of imagination and creativity.
I must confess however, that I have never been much of a reader. I know! Terrible right? Here’s why. I’ve always known it, in the back of my mind, that someday I would write a novel. For some reason, I wanted all the credit to go to me; the non-educated, little girl from Vanier. I didn’t want anyone comparing my work to the work of others, or accuse me of copying someone else’s style.
As a heartbroken pissed-off teenager, I wrote mostly Poetry. Anything I could write about, that to me, was relevant; virginity, abortion, abuse, rape, alcoholism, and suicide. Entering my late teens, still rather irked at the world, it was about what people expected from me. And just as I started to consider myself somewhat of a philosopher, all my tales were thrown out after a flood. It was fucking discouraging, to say the least. Devastated, I felt I had lost the best part of me. I had spued every ounce of energy I’d had back then, trying to make a difference, hoping to help or affect someone, anyone, positively, and it was all gone. Endless nights of writing and crying; energy spent in trying to justify people’s behaviors, as well as their emotions, in order to help them go on…I know, trying to save the world!
I’ve been busy, to say the least, during these past twenty years, and as I stare at the wrinkles on my face, I can’t believe it took so long for me to be able to sit down and write another What if? story. My patient, encouraging, and loving family have allowed me the space to try to accomplish a life-long goal; becoming an Author. So here I am, as vulnerable as one can be, hoping to inspire, validate, or simply let you dream.
At 53, I am still the overemotional, driven, only-child my mother created so long ago. Married for 25 years to the love of my life, I have two beautiful supportive daughters, and every time challenge faces me, I write."
-Chantalle Nicole
In The Works...
Sneak peak -"Duty Free"
"Housewife! What kind of life is that?" Jessica blurts out. Matt doesn't turn around, but nods in disapproval, as he eyes their oldest daughter. Chelsea takes a sip of wine, and makes her way to the washroom, wiping tears of rage and embarrassment. She thinks of her mother now.
Having been raised by a strong, affluential, single business-women, Chelsea Abrams considers what she, as a homemaker, will be remembered for. Chloe has been gone for years, but the business she created is still thriving, and not a day goes by that she goes unmentioned, or unthought of.
As an heiress, Chelsea could have chosen the same path of power, and respect as her mother, and now she questions her choice of staying at home for the last twenty years. She wanted her children to have what she didn't; a present mother.
Weeks go by, as Chelsea processes the sting of her daughter's hurtful comment, questioning her existence. Pondering and analyzing, she sorts out her feelings through writing, like she's done since childhood. She thinks about her future grand-children; how will she be remembered if they never get to know her? Insecure about her image and reputation, she realizes that she must change her daughter's perception.
"You, daughter, are a writer." Her mother's words come back to her. Driven by the echo of Chloe's declaration, Chelsea leaves her loving husband and two daughters to fend for themselves, as she sets-out on a voyage of reawakening in Paris.
She stays at one of the world's top hotels, shops the finest designer boutiques, and her plans to relax, shop and write, take a swift turn when a new camaraderie offers enticing and exciting plans daily; wine tasting in the Rhone Valley, a three Michelin star restaurant in Lyon, dinner at Le Grand Colbert, and grand revelations along the way. Chelsea Abrams ends up having the adventure of a lifetime.
-Chantalle Nicole
Writing Genre
Women's Fiction - Glitz & Glam
