All right stop.
Collaborate and listen.
Alexa's back with a brand new submission.
Alexa's back with a brand new submission.
Yes, I could have added a cool, old school Vanilla Ice gif.
However, the one with him dancing with a lady, surrounded by mac and cheese,
just fits my life so much better.
Well, first things first, my name is Alexa Martin. I am a Denver, CO native currently living in Wyoming, still trying to adjust to a life with no Target. This is my first year participating in PitchWars and I could not be more excited.
About me
1- I am married to my high school sweetheart and together we have 4 of the cutest kids ever.
Proof.
Aren't they the cutest?!
2- I am a stay at home mom. I don't divide my days by morning and night or am and pm. Instead, I use coffee time and wine time- coffee until I can drink wine and vice versa. In addition to mom, I am also a part time referee. There is nothing like sibling fights, something this only child was not prepared for.
Morning
Sometimes, when your coffee machine is broken and you have a baby who hates to sleep,
you strap on that moby wrap and walk your butt towards the caffeine.
Night
Also note the messy bun and no make up.
Not pictured- leggings.
*I am a strict follower of the mom uniform*
3- I love to read. Not like that's a surprising revelation about a person entering PitchWars. The thing is, I didn't always like to read. I mean, I guess I did, I just never made the time for it. That is until one day, a random trip to Target resulted in the purchase of 50 Shades of Grey. I affectionately refer to that series as my gateway drug. I love romance novels and though sometimes I venture outside of my cozy little genre (Mindy Kaling's books are high on my favorite list)... I am a pretty faithful lover of all things smut.
Why I keep my kindle hidden.
4- I am pop culture obsessed. Real Housewives? Count me in. What's my favorite season? Easy. All of them. Taylor Swift? Girl squad for life. Justin Bieber? Call me a freaking Belieber. I would say they are guilty pleasures, but I actually have zero guilt.
5- I can solve a rubik's cube. Well, not really... but I did solve a rubik's cube once. My 8 year old got one for Easter and we obsessed over figuring it out for weeks. I spent hours (more than acceptable) watching a 25 minute youtube tutorial until one day while he was at school, I finally finished it. It felt like a really big deal. But like anything when it comes to a mom trying to impress her kids, he was not nearly as impressed as I thought he would be.
When I commit, I COMMIT.
6- For 8 years, my husband played in the NFL and it was a great time in our lives. I made amazing friendships, lived in fantastic places, and was able to experience things that I never dreamed of. The main character in my book is also a football wife, she just has a drastically different perspective about it. She is a football wife who hates nothing more than being a football wife.
7- Writing is that piece of me that is purely me. It isn't about my husband or kids. When I write I am not Derrick's wife or DJ, Harlow, Dash, and Ellis's mom. I am Alexa, just Alexa. What people don't tell you when you are having kids is how easy it is to lose yourself. You spend all of your time taking care of everyone but yourself and before you know it, your entire identity is wrapped up in somebody else. I was lost and through reading and writing, I found myself again.
Love these faces to the moon and back, but I also love to write.
And that is ok. I can be more than 'Mom'
8- My tastes vary greatly.
Right now, my playlist consists of Sam Hunt, DNCE, X Ambassadors, Rihanna, Lorde, Justin Bieber, and all things Adele.
My favorite tv shows aren't any different. You can currently find me making my way through every season of The Good Wife. A few of my other favorites are The Mindy Project, Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, Fixer Upper, KC Undercover (What can I say? I'm still a sucker for Disney Originals.) and Outlander.
My all time favorite movie is Crazy. Stupid. Love. I could watch it everyday and never get tired of it. Also up high on my list are The Time Traveler's Wife, Ghost, The Duff, Pitch Perfect, The Express, and Beyond the Lights.
My PitchWars Submission
Marlee Alexander has a life that everyone around her envies. Married to her high school sweetheart, she is the now one half of the NFL’s golden couple. Big house? Check. Nice car? Check. Happiness? Not so fast.
Desperate to escape pressures of living a life in the public eye, Marlee runs across the country to her best friend. While she expected a week of dancing, drinking, and the occasional cupcake, she didn’t at all imagine the tall, blue-eyed man who would come crashing into her world.
Gavin Pope sees straight through the plastic smile that Marlee has perfected over the years. He helps her remember who she is outside of being a football wife. He reminds her that she deserves more than public adoration and the private shame of an unfaithful husband. He gives her hope for more.
How silly of her.
Before she knows what—or who—hits her, her marriage goes from bad to catastrophic and her husband’s antics rise from cheating to bruises. Marlee knows she has to leave, but when the fans who once loved her and the media who respected her turn on her, Gavin is the only person she can lean on.
Although Gavin says all the right things, nothing he does can take away Marlee’s fears that he is too good to be true. With secrets still lurking in the dark, she knows that once they are exposed, she won’t be the one sent running. The world already thinks she blew her chance at a happily ever after, but what they don’t know is that her story was only just beginning.
INTERCEPTED, a contemporary romance novel, is complete at 98,000 words. It is itching to be seen and read by fresh, talented eyes!
As a mentee, I am dedicated, hard working, and extremely eager to learn. Not only do I appreciate criticism and critique, I crave it. I would work harder than you can imagine and love every single second of it. Plus, I have been training for long nights and no sleep for the last 8 years, so I am ready to hit the ground running.
Thank you so much for reading!
