My History
Well, Im Nalini Singh. I was born in a town called Plainfield, New Jersey and I lived in South Plainfield New Jersey until I was four years old. My parents were immigrants from Guyana in South America. They have been in this country since the early 70s. I’m pretty proud of my birthday as I am born the day after Saint Patrick’s Day. It is the best birthday to have really, at midnight on St Patty’s Day everyone is drunk and buys you a free shot for your birthday. I share a birthday with my sister that is two years younger than I am so thats a little odd also. I am so glad we moved from New Jersey because I really dont like it there!
Our family moved to Southern California and resided there until I was eleven. We then moved to a small town called Pleasant Grove, Utah, which is where I consider my hometown to be. I love Utah, the mountains, the Mormons, the air. Tap water in Utah is better than most bottled water you might drink. I miss my friendly neighbors and kind friends but I know we are always still together.
My senior year in high school my family moved, once again, to sunny Florida. I hated it. I moved back to Utah in the middle of the year to graduate. Rather than completing my college degree and using my awesome scholarship, I blew it all to get engaged. Big mistake. I never married the guy and moved back to Florida with my parents to start again. When I did I began working in automotive sales, something that I am still doing to this day. I moved to Tampa in early 2002 and made a home for myself in Clearwater two years ago.
Though I have bounced from company to company, my dream has always been the same. I have always wished to pursue a career in historical fiction. I have been writing for over ten years. I think my stories have inspired me to keep on pursuing my dream. I think I needed to take the steps that I did to mature as a person before I could make this change to writing as a career. It has not been easy but it has been worth it. After leaving my job this summer I decided to freelance write and push my books forward onto publishing. It was sooner rather than later that I received an approval from a publisher who is interested in publishing my book, “The Girl Player,” this year.
I have always written historical fiction about family dynasties and their role in American history. I love history, as it was my major in college, and I will continue to explore this avenue. I seem to have found some early success in the comedic side of my writing. After loosing my job this year I decided to pursue a different avenue and wrote, “The Girl Player.” While I think it is the silliest thing that I have every written it seems to have some commercial vitality that will carry me to more serious writing in my future.
I created this website to focus strictly on my historical writings, as I do have many. However, nal4america is not just about America and history, it is about me and my life and what I have done to allow myself this opportunity to finally have a career doing something that I love with all of my heart. I hope that you can see what I believe to be my heart and soul. If you can feel what I feel in what I write then maybe we have more in common than just websites. Please take a look at my work and let me know what you think, all is welcome!
Thanks!
–Nalini 