Clara Bess

＂I once said I should write down all the story ideas in my head so someone could write them someday. I had no idea at the time that someone was me!＂ Ms. Mason has been writing since 1995, and began working in earnest on her debut novel, Tessa in 2013. Meanwhile, she cranked out a few dozen poems, made countless notes for story ideas, and earned her BFA in Interior Design. Ms. Mason lived with depression for many years, and the inherent feelings of worthlessness and invisibility; ＂I didn’t want to be who I was and struggled with my own identity for many years.＂ Her characters face many of these same demons. Ms. Mason writes stories of identity conflict. Her characters encounter situations that force the question, ＂Who am I, really?＂ For all who have ever wondered who you are or why you’re here, her stories will touch you in a very real-maybe too real-and a very deep way. ＂I know, I write from experience.＂ Ms. Mason has three novels published, the unsavory heritage series. Tessa, Clara Bess and Cissy are available on Amazon, both for Kindle and in print. She also has several poems included in an anthology, Where Dreams and Visions Live (Anthologies of the Heart Book 1) by Mary Blowersas well as a short story, Sarafina’s Light, also in an anthology, Blood Moon, compiled by Mary Blowers. She will also be working on a personal compilation of poetry to be released in 2017.