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My WritingThough
I could answer the
question, "What do you write?" quite simply with "Everything once!" it
wouldn't be altogether accurate, nevermind unsatisfactory to the
inquirer. I don't write romances. I despise them. I wrote a single
mystery when I was very little and never again since. Now, my writings
resemble what I read - folk and fairy tales, fantasy, science
fiction, "regular" fiction, essays, literary criticism, naturalistic
and historical writing, even educational essays and texts, but always
keeping in mind those children, young adults, and of course, the young
at heart.
It
would seem then, that the more accurate response would be
"Children's Literature." Which is true. Though I would ask for a show
of hands for those adults who read children's literature and those
"minors" who devour books three times the width with fonts half the
size of those books intended for their age group.
My
point? I try to write well. And that's really it. If it meets
certain guidelines, I will publish it and gladly look for it in that
section of the bookstore. My ultimate goal is to tell a good tale, spin
a good yarn, and to somehow, someway, strike a chord within that
person. To make a connection, create recognition, resonance, truth.
And
of course, always, to keep 'em coming back for more.
BiographyThe Short VersionOnce upon a
time, a little girl read a book and didn't
like the ending. She snuck off with her father's typewriter and rewrote
the book. When she was done, she made up another tale, this one
entirely her own, because why should she read books that didn't suit
her? Today, having returned the typewriter, the wordprocesser and the
computer to her father, she still sits at the laptop, thinking up
stories and hopes that her stories will suite others.
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"I think like a genius, I write like a
distinguished author, and I speak like a child." -Vladimir
Nabokov
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