This Quiet is Earned

Tanya Hansley lives in a world that has already decided she's nothing, a punching bag in the hallway, a ghost at home, a name whispered like a curse behind locker doors. She doesn't get safety. She doesn't get kindness. What she gets is silence, and the choice to either disappear inside it... or make it her weapon.
She chooses the weapon.
Her days are measured in bruises, her victories in breath. But inside her burns a storm, quiet, steady, waiting. With nothing but her intellect, discipline, and iron resolve, Tanya builds a fortress from notebook paper, flannel, and fire. They laugh. They shove. They cut her down. But piece by piece, day by day, she endures. And every time she stands back up, she becomes something more.
This is not a story of a girl who breaks.
This is the rise of a girl the world couldn't break.

I was born in Canon City, Colorado, to Irish/Scottish parents, grew up in Canon City and Texas, now living in Florida for the last eleven years. My first book, "Arkadia a Druid's Tale," was published on March 1st, 2010. I love to write since I was 14 years of age but never thought myself good enough. When I met a man that encouraged me to fulfill my dreams at the age of 32 and still encourages me to move forward with my new works of art. Now I have the sequel to Arkadia and two others published. I hope you all will enjoy them.
When I'm asked if I write about myself, I have to sit back and try not to laugh. I was told that since my characters carry my pen name that my readers think it is about me.
The truth is, I write under my characters' name since she is the one who is really writing the book. I'm just her instrument of use. The one that allows her to write through me. Now you might think I'm crazy, but I can assure you, I'm just as sane as everyone else. I don't want people to know my real name. Those who do already think I have lost my ever-loving mind.
My family seems to think I should write successful conclusions, where the hero or heroine lives happily ever after. Yet that is not me. I want to write about good/evil, happiness/devastation. I want it where my readers are crying with the characters when they are happy or sad. I want them to want to do murder when the bad guy is out to harm another. I want my readers to cheer when the characters finally have a happy time and things have gone their way.
That is who I am. The kind of writer I want to be. So yes I hide behind my main character. I use her to keep me safe.