Who are your favorite authors?
I like authors like Mark Twain and Charles Dickens. I grew up reading literature instead of the more popular modern authors. I think that is partly because my mom was an English major. I had more of the art and literature upbringing.
Do you remember the first story you ever wrote?
The first story I ever wrote was a very condensed version of what later became the "Out of the Blue" series. I came up with the idea when I was a freshman in high school. I decided to expand it and make it an actual novel.
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