Meet the Author

Hello nice to meet you.

I’m C.F. Grönroos; yes I’m only using my initials and I’m going to explain why. But first little about my book series and then about me.
I’m mystery romance writer. Right now I’m middle of writing my very first murder mystery romance 6-part book series.

It is about kicked out ex-cop Sam he is now private investigator on small seaside tourist city. On a stormy April evening Sam rescues woman from the sea. He thinks that he would never meet her again.
But was it because of fate or just coincidence that was they would be meeting again. When he meets Laura again. He hears that Laura doesn’t remember anything from the evening he saved her from the sea. Sam is no longer a police, but he will need every skill he has to get know what really happened to Laura that evening. Before it is too late.
There is another danger endangering Sam and Laura… feelings. Can Laura not fall for her handsome real life hero? Is Sam’s focus on Laura just professional or is it something else? Or is there danger of forbidden feelings emerging as Laura and Sam has to spend even more time together as they are searching for the answers. Will love end up being their corruption?
Will Sam be able to find out what happened that evening to Laura? How did Laura end in the sea? Was it accident? Like local police and everyone keeps saying. Or is Laura in real danger? Sam saved Laura’s life once but will it enough?

This is just beginning of the dangerous journey Laura and Sam ends up.
As they are trying to find truth about that stormy April evening Sam saved Laura’s life.
But the question is how will the story end when there is evil lurking in the paradise?
Can love be the corruption?

Book 1of 6-part book series B.L.A.L from C.F. Grönroos

I haven’t yet revealed name of my book or the series. That will be in the future when I have publishing date.

Now more about me

I’m half Swedish and born in Scandinavia my mother is Swedish. I have 7 rescue cats. No I’m not crazy cat lady. This happens when good pet owner who works and volunteer animal rescue. And I have gotten my cats almost 12 years’ time. Since two my oldest cats turn 12 end of November. Spend my childhood in carnival. Best place in the world being raised as a child. That was my childhood home. It was huge honor being raised in there and being raised by Mami. Never forgetting the upbringing she gave me. She made me happy to being born a girl. I wish I could have her longer in my life.

I was born as multilingual, both my parents were multilingual. My father’s side family had this five languages rule that needs to be spoken. My mom is now multilingual as well. She and I speak at least three different languages just home everyday life at home.
I have spoken 16 languages at my life time. English is my 10th languages. And I want to study few more. But writing takes all my free time outside my cats and animal rescue. So I don’t have time to study.

Being dyslexic and multilingual has its own challenges. But I love writing and have never let my dyslexia to stop me reading or writing even though I have struggled most of my life with it. And probably will be struggling with it. So if I make mistakes I’m sorry. I’m trying to learn and better my spelling constantly. But this is something that I will never be perfect.

Citizen of the world. I don’t know how many places or countries I have lived so far. There are still places I hope I could live one day. Like my dream house I wish one day could be mine.
From all the places in the world Tallinn, Estonia is my safe haven. I love the country and its people also the language that I do speak. I love Tallinn its medieval city to the long beaches. This city is photographer’s paradise. And also paradise for writers there is so much to find inspiration and being inspired. This is place where I always return.

Dedicating my life to animals and animal rescue

I was raised around animals. My mother is also really big animal lover like me and one of the reasons some of the multiple animals we had when I was child. And my mom is as well reason why I got involved in animal rescue. Since she has been involved animal rescue since she was teenager herself.
And that is why I have dedicated my life to animal rescue ever since I was a teenager. I have worked and volunteering different animal rescue organizations across the Europe ever since I was teenager.

Unfortunately being involved with animal rescue there is time to time threats of violence and even death threats. Like it isn’t hard enough to see all the cruelty these animals have been through. While trying to help them it is us the ordinary people giving big parts of our life to help animals. Sacrificing lot of time and personal life to do what is needed. Everyone involved with animal rescue is sacrificing something. Top of dealing with all the emotional stress and mental issues that comes being involved with animal rescue. It is not easy being part of animal rescue. Some of us get threats and harassment.

So I want to keep my professional writing career and my actual life separated from each other right now. At least in online.

But since I’m involved with animal rescue I can’t have my face online. And that is what many other animal rescue workers are struggling as well. They get threats and harassment on and off the internet.
So there will be no photos me in my books and neither selfies on social media. It is for my safety. And the safety of my animal’s as well since my cats are everything to me. I don’t want more threats to top of what I have had to deal in the past.

Writing is my passion and escape

I have loved writing since I was child. I was extremely lucky to have adults who were telling me to write ever since I learned to write. They told me to write down funny things I said. Constantly pushing to explore different artistic interest I had.
That is why art or writing had never been a hobby for me. It has been way of life. Actually one of the biggest parts of my life. Both writing and art is something I do every day and is as normal as breathing. I can’t imagine my life without either one.

Now as adult and hearing other peoples experience from their childhood how people around them didn’t support their writing or even reading as a child. I have to admit it breaks my heart little. Taking away being creative when someone is child. In my eyes it is stealing piece of childhood magic away from children.

For me writing still has its magic left. That special feeling to bring stories down on the paper to make them alive. And get them out of my head.
Yes there is time to time that I will struggle with writing and hitting my head against wall. But there is still the magic I loved as a child.
And the magic makes it my escape. When life gets hard and I need to get my mind out of the things that is happening in the real life. I escape writing. No matter what is going on. Writing and my stories I can control and stop worrying and stressing on the things that I cannot control. It has helped me letting go of the things that are not in my control or that I cannot change even if I would want to.

Writing is my escape for the world of my stories and my characters life.
And now is the scary part ahead of me. To share my stories and writing with others. That is really scary let others see what I have written. I wish from bottom of my heart that they like and enjoy reading my stories. Bring them little escape.

I didn’t choose the mystery, mystery did choose me.

My very first actual story I started to write when I was 12 years old. It did end up being a murder mystery. I have all the material for that story and old manuscripts left. It is good story. And one day I want to rewrite it. I actually kinda have to rewrite it since one of the side character has own standalone book. My first story is now the backstory for the standalone.
After that story there have been several other stories within the genre. Not on purpose. They just happened to end up somehow being in mystery genre and especially in the murder mystery.
I didn’t choose the mystery, mystery did choose me. I’m not complaining I do enjoy writing the genre. It is interesting and challenging. I like to challenge myself. Challenge is always good and keeps me learning.

Short story to Trilogy to 6-part Book Series

Why I can’t I write short? There is big post about this on my Substack Journey of Rose Newsletter Blog post called Standalone, Trilogy or Series. It covers how I went from writing short story just for fun to me and my best friend to read. But she did want more chapters and I just enjoyed writing it. Maybe enjoyed writing it too much.
So my short story starts to grow and before I even noticed it was begin to become a book. I was okay with that even though this wasn’t the book I planned to be my debut book.

Then I got idea for the second book because I thought my characters story wasn’t over. And the first book would not cover it. So I did start to plan to make duology. I was over year ago writing my book and one of my friends who is professional author, asked how my writing is going. I told him where I was at that point. So he suggested that I should cut my then book in half by the plot.

I thought about it and ended up spend whole night cutting my ploy into two different book. His suggestion to cut my book in half was how I end up with the trilogy. I continued writing the story that was now first part of the trilogy.

Then we get to this year 2023 March. I was still writing my first book. 11 chapters left to end of the book. But I had come up with huge problem according some other authors. Saying my book is too big. No one ever reads unknown author with that big book. Nobody is going to buy it.
Reason why that hard worded feedback was I had 200000 words and 700 pages in my manuscript. 11 chapters left to write. I was told to drop my manuscript words in 50000 max 70000 words. Let just say I didn’t like that. And I wasn’t going to ever do that.

First of all I love reading over 700 and 800 pages books so does my friends. So I know there are big markets for that size books for I would say for lot of different genres not only fantasy. Apparently it is not allowed to be unknown and write big book. And no one ain’t going to buy it if you do it.

Secondly I only ever take orders in military. We were not in military. So I do what I want.

And one thing I love to do is proving people wrong. Tell me I can’t do something or have something I want. Just wait and watch I will find some way to get what I want. There are people who say and others who accuse me to get everything I want. I know it may look like that. But only reason why it might look others that is they will not see what it takes me to get what I want. They don’t see the hardships or hard work and certainly they do not see all the things I have sacrificed. They see what I want when I have it. Because I almost never tell anyone what I want until I have it. Is it some materialistic thing like new phone or new career or something else. I will not tell anyone. I learned my lesson don’t tell people because they will only ridicule me and trying to put me down and tell that I will never get any of that. Forget it is never meant to be for you.

Thirdly. It is called self-publishing. I already love it. Because it will be what I want, when I want and in the way I want it to be. I like that I have full control over all the publishing aspects. I make the decisions and choose what I want my books to be. If some of my choices are wrong. Then I will pay the price for my wrong choices and take the responsibility. Hold myself accountable for those mistakes and find a way fix it by myself. Very simple.
Fourthly I know how to take critique and hear the things that I don’t want to. But I choose what I’m going to do in the end of the day. Did it hurt to being told that? Yes it did little. Was the person right? Maybe. Am I going to prove that person wrong? Absolutely. I’m going to give my best and rest is up to other people will they buy my book or not.

So after getting little bit hard critique and facts. And facts don’t care about feelings. Not even my feelings. So I did what I always do when someone says I can’t do something. I came up with new plan.
After thinking all my choices and options I had right there with my manuscript. Only one thing I knew. I would never do that was cutting 200k words to down 50k. That was never going to happen. Maybe someone else could do that I couldn’t. And I will not.

So what did I choose to do instead cutting down over 100k words?
Cut my manuscript half yet again. And since I went down that road I cut half rest of the two books in the trilogy. This is how I did end up with 6-part murder mystery romance book series. My very first book series.
Remember I said that I will find away get what I want?
Well there is going to be Special Trilogy Edition of my 6-part Book series. I’m still going to get my trilogy just the way I wanted with the covers I want to my trilogy have. Those covers don’t work for 6-part book series covers.
Who is going to say that I can’t for this idea? I can easily get the both versions of my book. And it is the people who will decide which one of us was right in the end. So I will leave it for the book lovers to choose do they want to read the trilogy or the book series version. It will be the readers who get to choose which version they want buy and read.

Obsessed

The working title of a new story that I am also working on. Actually middle of writing down the plot and backstory. When I did start writing down this story idea. I thought that one of main characters is the main villain in this story. But… More I write down this story and plot. There is new villain rising. Who might end up being the main villain. Because the things this character will do are worse than what the main character is doing. And the motives behind are worse. My main character is looking This is not murder mystery at least not yet. This point November 11th 2023 it is romance and mystery. With I will not say attempt of murder more like attempt of cause harm or injury, maybe death… So no promises that this story won’t turn into murder mystery. One thing I know there are some shady and dark things happening in this story.

My poetry

This is where I let myself write the things that I hide, that hurt me and what I love. Basically everything that is between earth and sky. I have let part of me and my soul into some of my poems. Also I like writing darker poetry.
Before I started my Substack Newsletter Blog I was so anxious about sharing my poems and writings. Then I started to share my poetry and writings including old version of beginning of book 1 B.L.A.L. It helped me getting over my anxiety.

But now I love sharing my poems. And I’m excited to share more. Feedback from people I have gotten has been very positive. I haven’t yet to been used to that others love my writings. I have written and kept everything hidden on the desk draw so long. This is all new to me.

Part of all my book proceeds will be donated to small animal rescue organizations.

I want to use some of my book proceeds to help these small but amazing animal rescue organizations across the Europe. Hopefully I will be able to cover some vet bills for animal rescue organizations. They always need more money because there are constantly getting more injured and sick animals coming in the rescue organizations. Best help there is for any small rescue animal organizations is to help their vet bills. That way they can get more animals in desperate need for medical help in the vet care.
I never give big organizations money only small local organizations they need it way more than any big ones who already have millions and millions. Small and locals are the ones who deserve the donation money. They make bigger difference and they help on their own local areas animals.

Please if you think donating money some big organizations consider giving it to your local area animal rescue organizations or ask local veterinary clinics if they have any rescue organization’s vet bills and could you pay part of the bill directly. I know lot of clinics that allow paying part of rescue organizations vet bill. That is enormous help. Even if it is 20 or 50 but if there are more people doing it it will get the vet bills paid faster. And helps get more injured and sick rescue animals into vet care lot sooner.

Thank you for reading this I hope you did enjoy it.

With love C.F. Grönroos

Those who want to know more about my cats go to Meet the cats page here. And My cats category will have all my cat posts now on.

Links

More links for my writings, newsletters and all my social media links underneath.

My substack newsletter blog, Journey of Rose Blog that follows my journey as new independent author. While writing and self publishing my very first book series. And there is more my poetry to read as well.

My professional newsletter From the pen of Poison Rose it is for professional news and updates of my writing career in one place.

My brand new blog Mysteries by Rose it is the new chapter for my writing career and being a blogger.

All my links and social media can be found Here to those who want to follow me on social media.

Ko-fi page Here those who might want buy a treat for my seven rescue cats (No, I’m not crazy cat lady. I dedicated my life to animal rescue and ended up with seven cats. My youngest cat no one wanted to adopt because she doesn’t have left front paw. So I kept my foster kitten Lilli after 5 minutes thinking about the future vet costs and possible health problems. Zero regrets to keeping her.) or buy new toys to keep them busy so i can focus on writing. Or if like my writings and want show some support instead of buying me coffee that money buys me much needed writing supplies.