WHAT?
Memoir, mystery, suspense, literary novels, short story collections, a mystery series, vampire fiction, psychology, self-help, biography, belles-lettres, a writer’s guide, a teacher’s guide.
WHY?
So many reasons! I fell in love with story-telling in elementary school. I fell in love with our local library in those same years. I fell in love with imaginary and real worlds that seemed imaginary because they weren’t my own. I fell in love with moving effortlessly from genre to genre in my reading though I didn’t know the word itself that early and didn’t realize I was unconsciously training myself to write that way. I fell in love with the grace, power, beauty, and joy of turning the world into words and creating new worlds of my own. I fell in love with dozens of (dead) writers who became my friends, companions, and guides. I fell in love with the joy of joining that wonderful cohort
HOW?
How could I not write? It’s as natural to me as breathing. It’s the instrument I play, the track I run, the voyage I take every day, the mystery I long to solve, the surprise waiting for me around every corner, the blood in my veins, the prayer on my lips, the bottle of demi-sec chilling in the wine cooler. My gravestone will have my name, my dates, and just one word: Author. It’s what I most longed to be in second grade when I discovered those wonderful books in our Gilded Age-era library that was as large and imposing as a cathedral. I wanted a book on those shelves! I don’t have a set routine or schedule or superstitions– but I do write something every day, even if only in my head– because a real writer never stops writing.
