Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas that was blessed with plenty of wooded parks for children to play safe and let their imaginations flow.
When did you first start writing?
I began writing in the fourth grade. I told the story about a futuristic young man who graduated high school and built his own spaceship, called Roman 1. Ironically, as much as I would like to bring that story forward today, outer space is just not a topic I have learned to write.
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