Was there a specific author or book that inspired you to become a writer?<\/b><\/p>\n
The short answer is, no. <\/p>\n
The long answer is–I would never say I wasn’t inspired by the authors I read while I was growing up. I devoured all the Zilpha Keatley Snyder and Roald Dahl books I could find, and re-read my favorites (THE CHANGELING and THE WITCHES, respectively) over and over, for example. Those books definitely influenced the paths I took with my writing.<\/p>\n
But, I think I was bound to become a writer before I even knew how to read. I loved stories from the first time my parents started reading picture books to me, and right away I was trying to make up my own (dictating to my mom so she could transcribe them, since I didn’t yet know how to print, either). There was never a moment when I read a particular book and thought, wow, I want to do this too. I was already doing it. I’ve never known how to not<\/i> do it. <\/p>\n
Fellow writers–did you have a moment of inspiration when you decided to pursue writing?<\/b> Or was it something that just sort of happened? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Was there a specific author or book that inspired you to become a writer? The short answer is, no. The long answer is–I would never say I wasn’t inspired by the authors I read while I was growing up. I … Continue reading