How did your early childhood influence your writing?
Throughout my life I have been inclined to spend time alone in the creative process, enjoying my imagination and creating the world I wanted to live in. Nature versus nurture being the eternal debate, I believe that the challenges I experienced very early in my life led me to seek solace in quiet playtime that helped me 'work out' the questions these early experiences raised in my young mind. In adulthood, I was literally shoved by Spirit into circumstances that demanded I heal inner childhood wounds. With a lifetime of turning to imagination and the inner world of processing, of course I wrote about my healing process in my memoir, Awakening To Me.
When did you first start writing?
I wrote my first book in elementary school about the adventures of a mouse family, and sold several copies (to family members!). In college I studied literary journalism and have always loved the art of writing about true experiences in a fictional and imaginative way. John Jerome, author of "Stone Work: Reflections on Serious Play and Other Aspects of Country Life" was one of my professors.
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