When did you first start writing?
I recall writing stories in elementary school and enjoying the creativity of the process. I am also a huge comic book fan and I ued to create my own comic books. Things changed in high school - for my first three years of English class, I was repeatedly told I couldn't write a good essay and no teacher sat down with me to show me how to do it properly. I quickly lost interest in reading and writing of any sort and concentrated on the sciences; eventually completing an honours degree in Chemistry.
As an adult, I began writing poetry and journaling to help with my mental illness (social anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder & depression) and it re-sparked my interest in writing as well as reading fiction. It`s only in the past couple of years that I began to seriously consider self-publishing some of my writings.
Do you remember the first story you ever wrote?
Yes! It was a Grade 8 school assignment and we had to write about an embarrassing moment. I had many self-esteem issues growing up and one of them dealt with bad acne as an adolescent. So I wrote this story about waking up and going berserk over a huge, bright red pimple at the tip of my nose. I wrote it so quickly, without much thinking, and my teacher loved it! She read aloud to the whole class! At 38 years old, I still get excited over such small but special events in my life. Sometimes I wish she would've taught me in high school and maybe I'd be a better writer...and maybe I wouldn't have had lost years of reading and writing fiction.
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