My STORY

How I became a writer...

First, let me introduce myself. My name is Tajana Sutton. I am a thirty year old, Urban fiction author from Chicago, Illinois; I am a wife and a mother of three. Now, how I got started writing? When I first started writing, it was therapy for me. With all the drama that I went through in my relationship, I felt I needed an escape route. The things that I'd gone through was enough to make any woman walk away. But, I didn't. Those that read Deja, has an idea as to what I 'd dealt with. It got to a point where I wanted to walk away, but I had kids that would be affected by my decision. Instead, I did the next thing that came to mind which was to to put my feelings on paper. After doing so and adding my imagination to the story line, the result was Deja. I had so much anxiety built up inside of me that it took me only two weeks to pen that book. While writing, I felt so serene. I felt like a burden had been lifted off of my shoulders. That was a feeling that I wasn't used to, but I loved it. Once released, I wondered where the book would take me. I didn't know if it would sell, how I would promote it, or even if people would like it. This was a risk that I had to take. At first it was hard. I knew I couldn't travel because I had kids to tend to. I did the only thing that I knew how to do. I hustled to no end using social sites. I remember staying up all night, emailing copies of Deja to readers. Yes, I was giving them away for free. People asked me all the time, what are you doing? Lol. I had no clue. It wasn't about the money for me. It was more so of getting folks to read my story. After months of that, it all paid off. The response and the love that I received from my readers led me back into the lab to begin penning Deja 2.  There is when I discovered I had a talent. I had no clue where it came from. Some people say that they always wanted to write. Me, it took for me to go through some things in life to discover my talent that God blessed me with. In a year and a half, I wrote a total of six books and this is just the beginning. I'm in it for the long haul. I absolutely love writing. It became my drug and I am addicted. When I released Deja 5, the reaction was AMAZING! The way that the readers responded to that book was every authors dream, and here I was living it.  The love that I receive from my group "Tajana Sutton Deja fan Group" keeps me going. It has got to a point that my group is the only place I go when I am on Facebook. Those ladies and gents in that group are my rock. They go HARD! I absolutely love those guys!