Do you remember the first story you ever wrote?
I remember writing stories when I was very young, but I can't remember the details. The first one I really remember was in 6th or 7th grade for a very eccentric English teacher. The story had something to do with a mad scientist who created candy balls like jawbreakers that needed one drop of a secret ingredient to become explosive.
What is your writing process?
I use a notebook to handwrite ideas, characters, make sketches of places and buildings, and a very loose outline that changes many, many times. I'm sort of a hybrid between the "planner" and the "pantser". A lot of my writing is done 'flying by the seat of my pants'. I have much better ideas when I just write and write and write. This means I have to go back and change this and that, over and over. But I think it works better for me. It's sort of my creative process. Ideas will come at any time, especially if I'm writing quickly to get them down on the page. If I sit and plan everything ahead of time, I'll get bored and have a much more difficult time writing.
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