{"id":367,"date":"2023-08-03T16:14:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T16:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kimolisamings.com\/?page_id=367"},"modified":"2024-11-11T14:17:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T14:17:43","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/kimolisamings.com\/?page_id=367","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/kimolisamings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KimolisaMings_headshot-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kimolisa Mings\" class=\"wp-image-476\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kimolisamings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KimolisaMings_headshot-285x300.jpg 285w, http:\/\/kimolisamings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KimolisaMings_headshot-768x808.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kimolisamings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KimolisaMings_headshot.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Growing up on the small Caribbean island of Antigua, I&#8217;ve always been an avid reader. It&#8217;s to the degree that my favourite places in the world are libraries and bookstores. But the more I read, the more I noticed the difference between the book I like to read and Caribbean books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, I&#8217;ve read Caribbean books but it was not always out of pleasure but a sense of duty. And at the end of reading said books, I was left with such a sense of dissatisfaction that when given a choice between a genre fiction set elsewhere in the world and a Caribbean book, I would go with the former.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, fast forward to the early 2010&#8217;s, I&#8217;ve discovered self-publishing and I&#8217;m finding my voice as a writer. Although I wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/kimolisamings.com\/?page_id=23\">BWWM romance<\/a>, I dabbled in <a href=\"http:\/\/kimolisamings.com\/?page_id=313\">other genres<\/a>. Then one day, a friend asked why I didn&#8217;t write stories set in the Caribbean. I didn&#8217;t have an answer, but I thought I would try my hand at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the not so fictional island of Redonda, I found a plethora of stories begging to be written and I enjoy writing them. But there is more to Caribbean fiction than it being a story set in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the more I delve into the space, the more I grow as a writer and a person from the region. I also recognize the importance of our stories, especially in writing books people want to read. In my case, I write romance set in a small Caribbean island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through them, I hope to show<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>that there is more to our region than our trauma;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>that our stories are diverse and engaging;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>young and up-and-coming writers that they too can add their stories to the ever growing catalog of books set in our region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The last is what I would have wanted to see growing up because it would have shown that being a writer is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With all that said&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi, my name is Kimolisa Mings and I write <a href=\"http:\/\/kimolisamings.com\/?page_id=144\">black romance<\/a> set in a small Caribbean island because I believe that every Caribbean woman deserves a Happily Ever After.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To start reading for free, you can click <a href=\"http:\/\/kimolisamings.com\/?page_id=7\">here <\/a>for something sweet, spicy, or in between.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up on the small Caribbean island of Antigua, I&#8217;ve always been an avid reader. 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