CHANTA RAND

Creating Sizzling African-American Romance, Past and Present 
About Me
My idea of a perfect day is being swept up in a good story and transported to another period in time.  Growing up on a military base in Germany, I spent most of my time at the library.  And let me tell you, since we only had three English-speaking television channels, I wore that library card out!  At ten years old, I was on a mission to read all of the Nancy Drew books in one summer. I surprised myself by doing it in two weeks.
I guess that’s what led me to my love of writing. 
I wanted to create a story that would get someone so totally absorbed, that the circus could be in the next room and they wouldn’t even notice! 

Also, I have a passion for history, and I wanted a forum to discuss it in an entertaining way.  Okay, call me a nerd, but I actually LIKE research.  And I’m a sucker for epic movies with costumes, like Roots, Odysseus, North and South – you get the picture.
I like to write about young relationships.  Not young as in "the age" but young as in "the stage" of the relationship.  To me, everything is so much more interesting at the very beginning of the relationship when the characters are feeling each other out and jockeying for position - no pun intended.

I’m not ashamed to admit, I have a serious author crush on Beverly Jenkins, Johanna Lindsey, Jeffrey Archer, and Philip Boast.  My tastes in non-fiction lean toward anything historical and (ah yes, that taboo subject) politics.  When I’m not writing, I’m usually watching the History Channel, painting abstract artwork, shopping, or traveling with my family.
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Charities I recommend are below:

SaveOne.net (Be the Change: Save a Life) St. Jude Children's Hospital
Red Cross
Philippa Gregory (Gardens of the Gambia)
North Texas Food Bank
KERA - Public Media programming



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GREAT STRIDES WALK
Join me in supporting the quest to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis.  Your donation can make a difference. I'm sponsoring Sloane Phillips in the Great Strides Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 2011 walk.  For more details on how you can do the same, visit the link below:

Great Strides - Cystic Fibrosis National Fundraising Event

NOTE: The walk is over for this year, but you can still support efforts to cure Cystic Fibrosis.  For more information, click on the link above to be taken to other CF fundraising events.
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Sites that I surf in my spare time: 
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