In General,
I am a creative person who has a serious book buying problem.
Books are my comfort, my love, my escape. Everything you’ve probably heard before, but I don’t know how else to explain my infatuation with books.
I completed my Bachelor in English with a Creative Writing Concentration in 2017 (my last project was the completion of my second novel!). Throughout my degree I took part in many writing workshops, traveled some of Europe, studied in Ireland, became Vice President of my university’s creative writing club (where I led a small series of workshops based on world building and descriptive writing), and honed my passion for the written word. Currently I’m working on the sixth (sigh) draft of my third novel, teaching humanities courses to teenagers, and teaching writing courses to adults.
I’m also an equestrian, video game lover, tea inhaler, and overthinker who becomes very irritable under flourescent lights.
As a Reviewer:
Reading has always taken up most of my time. So I decided I may as well begin reviewing. That’s all there is to it, really. Pretty exciting stuff.
As an Author:
Here’s my author bio I slap wherever I can:
Abrianna Leaming is a British Columbia-based author who writes because to not write means to not breathe. Fiction has saved her life many times over, whether through reading it or writing it, as mental illness (from ADHD to PCOS-based depression) has been her friend for as long as she can remember.
Vibrant ideas for worlds and characters are always churning in her mind, and her style of writing is one born from her enthusiasm for the craft of lyrical description and worldbuilding. Abrianna has self-published two fantasy novels, Akairya and Alkairyn, and while she was quite young and impatient when she released them, she learned incredibly valuable things in doing so, from advertising to connecting with readers. Her love for writing has also propelled her to be a force within her city’s writing community; she teaches adult writing classes locally, and curates a Local Author Festival as often as she can.
Outside of all of that, Abrianna is a teacher. She holds two degrees (a Bachelor in Creative Writing and a Bachelor in Education) and is currently picking away at a third degree in History, because she simply cannot stop being a student.
The Fractured Soul is a two-part story, the first being Akairya. Available on Amazon and select bookstores in her local town, Akairya is a fast paced introduction to the world of Alkairyn and the sickness that plagues it.
Abrianna's Reviews 