I began writing, serious writing, in 6th grade. It was driven by several things: – My sixth grade teacher introducing us to haiku. They were fascinating. I wrote a book of 100 of them. Bad ones. – The Christmas gift of a journal. It got me in the habit of writing every day, and noticing […]
Why do I write? “Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly…” Writing takes me into a space of deep attention that others find through prayer and meditation. When I write, I discover what feels true about myself and my world. My intellect can spin a lot of convincing theories, but I can’t fake it in a […]
“My mother was a great reader, my father never read a book, I was never encouraged either way to become a novelist…whatever made me happy was okay with them. I have burned to tell stories and be a writer since I was a teenager though I didn’t get my first book published till I was […]
Like many writers, I’ve been writing my whole life. Writing has always been a way for me to fully express my creativity, look deeply at myself and others, to question motivation and explore what humanity is in all its beauty and ugliness. Writing fulfills my need to understand and process my world, as well as […]
For me writing is akin to the feeling of sipping ice cold orange pop through a straw on a sunny day; a long, warm cuddle from a loved one, and lying on a golden sandy beach with my feet refreshed from the ebb of the tide. I started writing very short stories at the age […]
Storytelling has always been a natural part of my life. Some of the best stories I told as a child were lies but they were good enough to avoid punishment. My parents generally walked away feeling guilty for trying to punish an innocent child. I’d like to think it was because I possessed an uncanny […]
At twelve years old, far too young to be enamored of epic fantasy and science fiction adored by my father, I stumbled on a Nancy Drew mystery. It was a YA story that woke the writer in me and, decades later, drove me to ditch my successful business for a shot at becoming a full-time […]
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