1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer, and what has your path looked like to get here? I’ve always loved writing, and after I started my teaching career, I knew I wanted to write. I went to grad school at Chapman University and earned my MA in...
1. When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer, and what has your path looked like to get here? I cannot remember a time in my life when I did not love books. Even as a toddler, my favorite thing was being read to by my mother. As an older child I loved...
1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer, and what has your path looked like to get here? I realized I wanted to be a writer the moment someone first told me it was something I could be. Growing up, I spent much of my youth in environments where very...
1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer, and what has your path looked like to get here? I realized I wanted to be a writer in elementary school and was very lucky to be encouraged by high school teachers. I was actually given a writing coach, a...
1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer, and what has your path looked like to get here? I started writing as a teen but received many (understandable) rejections and lost heart. I was a technical writer for museums for more than twenty years. My first...
1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer, and what has your path looked like to get here? I became interested in writing a memoir five years ago and then enrolled in Marni and Tracy’s IMWA course in January 2023. I found it so interesting...
