Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in the south in Arkansas youngest of six. I believe that the influence came from the fact that was was not the healthiest child and spent a lot of time reading any thing and everything I could get my hands on. I loved the escape it gave me from my real world. I would sit for hours learning about history and mythology and I just love Judy Bloom and the Boxcar Children. I would visit museums and I became fascinated with wildlife. I believe that is why my first publish story had fantasy and wildlife.
When did you first start writing?
I wrote my first story in the fourth grade. I wrote my first poem in the first grade. I have been telling stories for as long as I can remember. My mother tells me that I told her my first story when I was 4/5 something like that the story was about my previous life and how I came to be her daughter.
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