The start of it all

[Belle]

I've always liked telling stories for as long as I can remember. That was always fun. My inspiration was the girl who voiced Violet on the Incredibles. I think that her name's Sarah Vowell. I watched her and was inspired to start writing. That was when I was about ten. My first draft was a pirate story and didn't come until four-years-later. When I was fourteen-years-old. After that, when I learned that I was better at writing fiction than I was factual content, my dream took root in my heart and has been growing stronger and stronger for the past two years. I have written four story drafts and am working on two more.

[E H R]

As a child I've always loved the make believe, and thought it could be possible. I look back now and realize that was part of my inspiration in becoming a writer. I find much inspiration in my younger cousins, they're loads of fun, and plenty of stories are ready to be birthed through observing them. I guess the desire to write has always been there, it just needed time to grow with me and become a reality! It's a dream of a lifetime!

E H R ~

[traceymcox]

Yaya & all,

My adventure started when I was a little girl. My mom and I lived with her parents. My papa would let me sneak into his and grandma's bedroom and sleep with them. ***hahaha*** He would tell me stories every night I was in there. I learned about familiar friends like some careless bears who forgot to lock their doors. Or one about a boy would had a wild time farming some beans. Or another one of a girl who had a thing for wolves.
Sound familiar??? Then he told me about some frogs and another one of some lightening bugs. Those were his own stories. And they are the ones I hold dearest to my heart.
I stopped writing/telling stories for a while. You know how being a teenager is!!! Then I got married and had children. It was by telling them the same stories I heard that my love of storytelling and writing begun again. And yes, they love the originals too.
The first two stories I ever wrote professionally were inspired from the ones of my papa's.
No, they haven't been published. But I still having them and work on them from time to time.