A. B. Harms

As long as I can remember, I've been one of those people that wanted to try everything but rarely finished anything. Ask my mom. When she bought me cross-stitch ornament, I'd get halfway through then toss it aside. How many half-finished projects I've accumulated, I'd never be able to guess.

But writing...writing is different. Writing is something I never get tired of. Look at my resume- I get tired of everything. But writing a story is exciting from the first word to the last, from edit to edit. Watching what was once a vaporous idea become a solid story line and eventually a book-in-hand ranks number 2 of the most magical experience I've ever had (the first is being a mom). I've never had a job I so looked forward to, one I worked tirelessly at. Days, nights, weekends, holidays...it doesn't matter because I'm doing exactly what I want to do every second.

Like Confucius says: "Choose a job you love, and you'll never work a day in your life."

It's my dining room table, usually covered in coffee cups, legos, and papers.