Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
Excellence question! I grew up in the South; in fact, I lived in "The Projects" on the same street as a college. It was co-educational. As a child, I had always compared the all male college and all female college that were in walking distance from the place lived. Since I adore everything about the female, I had always wanted to express my feelings about the relationship that so fascinates people like me. Once I met my soul mate, lost her, then was ever so fortunate to regain the love lost, I wanted to tell everyone about "The Essence of Emotion." If you are ever so fortunate to discover a soul mate, just savor the essence and live as if there is no tomorrow.
When did you first start writing?
I started many years ago: the strange thing is, as a pre-teen I discovered a book called Word Power made easy, or something like that. As a result of that book, I fell into love with words. I've been writing professionally since 1975.
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