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What lead you to write? When I was eight, I started typing my poems on my father’s Smith Corona typewriter. I only know this because my grandmother kept a poem, dated it – and mailed it to me when I was in my twenties! Both parents encouraged me and...

What lead you to write? A: For me, writing became an emotional release as a child. I discovered writing as a way to speak without verbalizing all that I felt. Writing was my therapy, a way to cope with emotional turmoil. What is your preferred genre to write? A:...

What lead you to write? I had always been an avid reader and loved various genres of books. Sometimes I would read a book and not like how it turned out or I would say I would have had this character do this or that. So, I decided to...

What lead you to write? My mother was a strong influence on my initiation into writing. I was bullied in school far before it was recognized and dealt with socially as it is today. She gave me a journal and encouraged me to write down my feelings. Then we...

What lead you to write? My family. First, my grandmother, Anne always read books for kids to my brother and me. And she didn’t just read them, but played the roles of every single character: In a sweet voice, she spoke like the grandmother of Little Red Riding Hood....

What lead you to write? I needed a place to escape and writing gave me that place. Was there a particular person that influenced you to pursue writing? No. I’ve been writing in some form, poetry and short horror in the beginning, since I was in middle school. What...

What lead you to write? My earliest memory of enjoying writing was at the age of eight during a grammar test for English. I wrote a story about a hermit crab, which I didn’t finish because I ran out of time. The comments that came back from my teacher...