Candice Gilmer tagged me, and I can't tell her no, so I'll play. *G*
I'm not sure if one really becomes a writer--the essense of good writing is storytelling, and you either like to do that or you don't. Pursuing it professionally, however, is another matter, and a great deal more complicated once you decide to enter the fray.
I suppose then that it's really more about who encouraged me to do just that--to figure out the maze of publishers, agents, manuscript formats, etc. I'll lay all of it at my mother's feet, 'cause she was the first person to say to me, "Heather, you should write children's books when you grow up. You have such a vivid imagination!" I was about seven or eight then.
Well... *considers what I write* I took at least part of her suggestion, eh? As a college student I became a poet of sorts, or least I thought I was (heh) and I read at many an open mic/slam night.
The next step on the bumpy road came with my crit group, many of whom are working with me at Aphrodite's Apples. Candice, Ang, Kelly, Nina, Kayleigh, Ivana, Katrina...you guys all helped me develop my voice, and I'm indebted to you for that.
When did I go pro? When I got married again, after eight years of single motherhood. My husband is a wonderful man, likes to write himself, and he encouraged me to give professional writing a try. I dedicated Immortal Reveries to him. Yeah, I know I'm a sap, but I'm a happy one.
I'm working on the followup to IR now, and if I have the time to write even half of the voices that are running around in my head, I'll be a happy gal.
Tag, Kayleigh, you're it. ;-P
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