Blog Tour~ Insanity with Lauren Hammond

Today Im thrilled to welcome Lauren Hammond author of Insanity to the blog. Today she will be talking about true love...I mean who doesn't want to talk about that one??? So here's a nice warm welcome to Lauren as we sit back and check out her words of fun.

How True Love Can Drive You Crazy-by Lauren Hammond 

So this is such a fun topic! Thank you so much for having me, Tina! 

Some people don’t believe true love. Some people don’t think it really exists. I am NOT one of those people. I believe it’s out there for everyone. And I believe that anyone can find it. Maybe that’s because I’ve witnessed it up close and personal. I’ve seen it my whole life, with my grandparents. Three weeks. My grandparents only dated three weeks and they’ve been married for almost sixty years. When I was a kid, my papa used to tell me, “The first time I saw your grandmother, I knew. I knew that I was going to marry her.” And people will look at me and be like, “He’s just saying that.” 

Not quite. 

They were actually separated for years. My papa was in the military and over in Korea. And every month he was gone he wrote my grandmother love letters. She has every single one of them saved in a hat-box in her attic. I think true love takes respect, patience, and trust. I also think that when it’s real it’s so powerful that it has the ability to drive a person mad. Especially with time. I know with my papa, he can’t even talk about my grandmother without tearing up. To me, that’s so beautiful. For some people, love is the air they breathe. And for my papa, who is a very sentimental man in general, I think since he was able to find that real kind of love, I know he’d lose his mind if he lost my grandmother. Now, granted, they’re in their eighties, but if my papa had lost her when she was young, I’m not sure he’d be able to move on unscathed. I’m not sure if he’d be able to move on period. When it’s real it’s real. Love has the ability to move mountains or drive you completely insane. 

This was fun! Thank you for the opportunity and if you get a chance check out, Insanity!

About Lauren Hammond
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It all began with a dinosaur, a T-Rex to be exact. He was the main character in my very first short story. Me and T, well, we went places. He is the reason I won my first essay contest at age ten. And he is probably one of the number one reasons, I pursued a career in writing. Throughout highschool, I was what you would call a rebel. Someone who had convinced herself that she had life figured out at age sixteen. Still, writing was my only safe-haven during that time. I wrote notebooks full of poetry, even writing fellow classmates papers for them. Unbeknowest to me, creative writing, seemed to be my one, true calling, my passion in life. At age twenty, I began writing my first novel. After that, everything seemed to fall into place. I won Best Poets and Poems of 2007, and The Editor's Choice award for my poem, Summer Days. Also, during that time I wrote or co-wrote fifteen different screenplays, some which earned me finalist spot in various screenplay competitions. In 2010, I've come full force, with my novel Love Sucks, that was released by Punkin House Press, in August of 2010. On top of Love Sucks, I have six novels that are slated to be released through the next five years. Also, doing some various marketing work for authors and publishers. I pride myself in telling fellow writers to always follow their dreams. Who knows where I would be if I would have given up.

Sometimes love...can drive you crazy. 

Adelaide Carmichael and Damien Allen couldn't be more opposite. Adelaide's mother abandoned her when she was ten years old, leaving her to be raised by her abusive and alcoholic father. Damien on the other hand came from a wealthy family, was a local celebrity, and seemed to have a bright future ahead of him. 

Despite their differences, Adelaide and Damien were young, wild, and fiercely in love. And they had a plan. They were going to run away. Be together forever. And their plan was set in motion, until tragedy struck and for some reason, Adelaide wound up in The Oakhill Institution for the insane. Adelaide has no idea what she did to wind up at Oakhill, but she knows one thing for sure... She wants out. 

And after Damien follows her there to aid her in escaping, Adelaide slowly begins putting together the pieces of her memory that are missing. And it doesn't take Adelaide long to figure out that sometimes... That one true love never dies.
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