What is your writing process?
I generally start a story or a novel with an image, or an idea. The plot grows from that. For example, the first book I ever wrote started with the image of a naked man running desperately through a forest. As he ran, he stumbled into creeks and got scratched up. Then I heard hounds baying. Okay, that meant someone or something was after him. And it sorta grew from there...
Do you remember the first story you ever read, and the impact it had on you?
I remember the first story I DIDN'T read better! I was sitting with my dad and he was reading a Batman comic to me; I must have been about 3. I looked at the pictures and words and I felt I could not WAIT to learn to read on my own. And I did, and haven't stopped since.
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