Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up near downtown Oklahoma City. I went to a private school and learned a modest amount of discipline before third grade. I moved during school, until I resided back in OKC during high school.
I think isolating my writing skill as being my only advantage as we moved around added a cynical side to my voice. I wasn't getting approval, and I didn't need it. The world was my sardonic masterpiece.
When did you first start writing?
I first started writing in second grade when I wrote a Mario fanfiction. Then, I wrote little stories in school up until I was seventeen, when I got serious.
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