My name is Yahaira. I'm a voracious reader and my favorite genre is romance. I also read urban fantasy, general fiction, historical fiction, YA, business and self-help books. During a good week, I read about 4 or 5 books a week, but even 1 a week is divine. I am a writer. I used to write really bad, emotional poetry in high school then I started writing better poetry and short memoirs or fiction in college. I love taking writing classes and regularly enroll because the deadlines give me a reason to get down to business and share with other writers. I'd say I started to take my writing seriously when I was in college. I really enjoyed sharing my work and listening to the other writers in class. Then I started entering in small writing contests; I was a semi-finalist for a Spanish soap-opera writing contest held by the television network Telemundo. I have to admit that it was a lot of fun! I've also published a short memoir story in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.