I'd like to take some time here and chat about WHY I write and how I came about being brave enough to call myself a writer. I've been writing my whole life. I remember writing stories as a young kid. I had Barbies, but rather than play with them, I would dress them up, and then write stories about them. I was also in love with dinosaurs. A lot of my stories revolved around a paleontologist type character (who just so happened to resemble me...a lot) who somehow brought dinosaurs back to life and was friends with them. Later, I wrote angsty teen fiction and poetry, which isn't unusual for most teens, and was often a reflection of the types of things I was feeling inside. Writing was therapy. Writing was a hobby. Writing wasn't a job. I wanted to be a paleontologist, a counselor, a teacher, a librarian. I never wanted be a writer. Being a writer wasn't a real job. But it was always something I did. I took creative writi...
Scary Ramblings.