a:1:{s:5:"entry";a:1:{i:0;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:8:"29633900";s:4:"hash";s:32:"daa01fcaa73b33e8c87a1b01aa322463";s:11:"requestHash";s:7:"joyshaw";s:10:"profileUrl";s:27:"http://gravatar.com/joyshaw";s:17:"preferredUsername";s:7:"joyshaw";s:12:"thumbnailUrl";s:61:"http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/daa01fcaa73b33e8c87a1b01aa322463";s:6:"photos";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:61:"http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/daa01fcaa73b33e8c87a1b01aa322463";s:4:"type";s:9:"thumbnail";}}s:4:"name";a:3:{s:9:"givenName";s:3:"Joy";s:10:"familyName";s:4:"Shaw";s:9:"formatted";s:9:"Joy  Shaw";}s:11:"displayName";s:7:"joyshaw";s:7:"aboutMe";s:1298:"Writing is as much a passion of mine as reading. 
Long-time resident of Michigan, I grew up a shy nerdy daydreamer fostering my love for literature in the works of Ayn Rand, L.M Montgomery, Jane Austen, C.S. Lewis, William Shakespeare, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Chaucer, Emily Bronte, and Margaret Mitchell to name a few.  In later years I discovered romance novels: historical, paranormal, and science fiction.  I was completely hooked.  These romances generated in me the desire to captivate others with my own stories.   But only in the past year have I put my author's aspiration into action.   
 
Most days,  you can find me sitting at my computer plotting and editng my novels.  My inspiration and ideas stem from my travels, my life experience, my photography, and my husband of eight years, the handsome hero I never thought I would meet.   
 
Some call me quirky, eccentric or overly inventive.  I view myself an innovative time traveler, a futuristic world maker, and a suspenseful seductress.  Sure I spend much of my time questioning whether my characters are real or fantasy, but my profound introspection motivates me to pursue my dream.  

Join me on my journey as I seek a home for books living in my head.
 
~Joy Shaw~
 
Your reflection reveals merely a fragment of what you can emote.";s:4:"urls";a:3:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:"value";s:22:"http://www.joyshaw.com";}i:1;a:1:{s:5:"value";s:28:"http://facebook.com/joy2shaw";}i:2;a:1:{s:5:"value";s:35:"http://www.twitter.com/#1/joy_shaw1";}}}}}