About Me.
Hi! My name is Annie Laurie Holfelder. (Yep, Annie Laurie is my first name!) I've been writing both poetry and fiction since I started around the age of 11 or 12. (My first stories involved ninja chipmunks!) Over the years, I perfected my poetry while abandoning fiction stories -- assuming that I couldn't write fiction (silly me!). Many of my poems are featured under the poetry tab, and many more need to be migrated over to this site.
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Around 2018 I discovered the character-driven world of fanfiction (don't cringe! fanfic is actually a really neat genre all to itself). I spent the majority of the next four years dabbling in fanfiction, until I decided that I wanted to try my hand at original fiction again. Thus, the Unbreakable series was born (originally titled Rusty Cage -- but I was afraid of getting sued by the estate of Johnny Cash ...). From there, I got addicted to writing new worlds and characters. I'm up to seven finished manuscripts, and three half-finished novels. (Plus a good half-dozen ideas!) The first five books of the Unbreakable series are available on Amazon (links under the Fiction tab up above). My stand-alone, Wild One, should be available by September of 2024, and my newest series, Appalachian Lullaby, is set to debut in the late fall of 2024 (as soon as book 01 is edited).
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When I'm not writing, I'm 100% thinking about writing. Writing is my hobby and my main coping mechanism and my life. (Ask my wife, our three cats, my mom, or my mom's doggo Callie.) I do like to dabble in photograph and hiking, and I love spending time with my family. I'm studying to be a clinical mental health counselor. I should graduate in December 2024. I struggle with both chronic physical and mental illness (#potsie), which filters into my writing. I'm queer, and this also filters into my writing -- all of my main characters are queer!
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Have fun exploring the website! You can also find me on TikTok at holfelder.writes124 and on Instagram at holfelder.writes (check out the links below). I'm bad at remembering to update...but I'm trying :) Drop a comment or email, read something of mine, send a review ... I LOVE hearing from readers <3