My dream of writing a book took shape in high school when I won my first writing award with my essay, "I Speak for Democracy." I had always loved recording thoughts on paper.
Writing in my girlhood diary was one of my greatest passions until I received my first typewriter as a birthday present and started typing short stories. They were the emotional puzzles of a young girl's existence and when I remember some of them I shudder at how folks might have laughed had they read them. Natuarlly, they were immature, grammatically all wrong, contained spelling errors galore, and weren't worth the paper they were written on except in the heart of a potential author who had a tremendous love for writing.
I delved in both poetry and prose throughout high school and college, even writing my first book that is still in a box on my closet shelf today. It is a gentle reminder of my aspirations not just to write, but to become a competent author. Thus, I studied books dealing with novel writing and its components, thereof. I've read hundreds of books by various authors and learned something from each book I read. My goal is to never stop learning how to better or "prayerfully" perfect my art.
Some writers see rejection letters as a heartbreaking let-down. I see them as a challenge to revisit what I've written and make it better.
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