14620365 a6e6ec8e3f6a1e1a0a89ef4e16a8f6c2 cyranette http://gravatar.com/cyranette cyranette http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/a6e6ec8e3f6a1e1a0a89ef4e16a8f6c2 http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/a6e6ec8e3f6a1e1a0a89ef4e16a8f6c2 thumbnail http://2.gravatar.com/userimage/14620365/8caa400b0c3b5f63388c7fb4caeb8779 http://1.gravatar.com/userimage/14620365/ac5ea7cefc4ac37f1df4f5b01b895053 http://0.gravatar.com/userimage/14620365/be7c11e456cad442caf7f24b7fb08c12 http://0.gravatar.com/userimage/14620365/e51ba007d0efde37ed8fb8dcfd047336 Monnie Bess Monnalee Kelsey Bess Cyranette I have been writing since I was 11 and am now a grandmother of 8. Aside from my family, I love writing, reading, movies, gardening, genealology, and travel. I met my soulmate online and we've been married 14years. I am a survivor of rape, abuse, and cancer. I cannot abide intolerance, ignorance, narrow-mindedness, selfishness, fanaticism, fads, mediocrity, rudeness, or unkindness. I believe in love and common sense. I was born/raised in Indiana and have lived in Massachusetts, Texas, and California. I have visited: most of the United States, British Columbia, Germany, Austria, and Costa Rica. My husband and I would like to visit England, Europe, and New Zealand and to take a train ride along the Canadian/American border. I have written essays, articles, short stories, a romance novel, a self-help book, and several children's books. I cannot stop writing.