I’ve often heard that writers start young. We look at the world as if our senses are being used by extension. Everything is on intake mode.
So often when I was little, I forgot I was actually in the room as one of the people present. It seemed like everything was just happening around me, and I was elsewhere with a running commentary about what I was observing.
I guess that makes it no surprise that I began writing stories early on. However, I didn’t make those stories public until I hit my 50s. I realized time was passing, and if I wanted to share them, I needed to do something now.
In 2011, I published my first time travel book. It was a series I was working on: Students of Jump. I published five books in this series. Just this year, I pulled all my time travel books out of publication. They need to be give a second look. I plan to republish them in the future.
I’ve always loved to read fantasy, so in 2017 I began a fantasy series, and in 2018, a second fantasy series. Now I can’t imagine not writing in this genre.
My life, of course, is not limited to writing. I’m a teacher by profession and enjoy encouraging young people to write and view their world with all their senses. It has been one of the most enjoyable experiences I’ve had watching my students creating stories that could only come into existence through their efforts.
When I’m not teaching and writing, I’m on a tandem bicycle with my husband. We’ve been cyclists for years, and I find it adds to my creativity to see nature’s inventive beauty and the human interaction that makes us part of it.
Welcome to my writing world. I hope it adds to your own.
