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Writing is in my DNA

Most people know I started writing when I was twelve. It was summer break. I was bored. Mom gave me the choice between chores or writing short stories. I picked the short stories until I wrote 6 of them and moved onto greener pastures like a full length novel.

Yes, I wrote an actual novel at 12 years old. I had lofty ambitions and said novel has never been published. It's packed away somewhere in my mom's basement in a plastic tote, along with two more novels. I have the handwritten version of Landview in my attic, packed away in a box. I started writing Landview in college. That book should seem awfully familiar to everyone.

I've had people ask me how do you write a story. Okay, first, let me explain a few things. I don't use outlines and don't plan out my stories. I write whatever idea comes to mind and let the words flow onto the page like water. Things might get changed during the editing process, but most of the stories remain the same. Rewrites suck ass. Groan.

Now, here's what people need to know. My paternal grandmother was a published writer. You'd be hard pressed to find any of her books since they're out of print. My parents weren't expecting for their daughter to follow in my grandmother's footsteps until I entered a poem into a poetry contest, followed by two more poems. Good luck trying to find them since I can't.

It wasn't until my husband discovered some of my work and asking why I hadn't published anything. I didn't have the medium to publish without sending it to a traditional publisher nor did I have the time to submit work.

It wasn't until I followed a writer who mentioned Wattpad. I read a few stories on here and realized you could publish your own work. I had to learn how it all work and get piss at a story for my husband to push me to publish on here. Helloooo, Saintwood.

Mom didn't enjoy reading on electronics and preferred paperbacks. She wanted to see my name in print. Hello, self publishing.

I also had to learn how to navigate my way with self publishing since I didn't have any help.

Now, to get back at the topic at hand. I don't have any special formula when it comes to writing. I was that kid that had imaginary friends and played Barbies. I was the kid who created stories with their friends. I've always been creating make believe worlds with storylines. My imagination has always ran rampant with stories.  I just go with it.

Writing isn't a passion for me. It's like the air you breathe. I'm not sitting at home, wishing to publish a book. I actually published over seventy books and have a bookcase almost filled with them. My husband tells me we have two bookcases. I told them we'll need more. He disagrees with my assessment.

Writing is in my DNA. I write when I'm sick, grieving, on holiday, or any chance I get. There's never a time I don't have my head buried in my phone, not writing except when I had Covid. I was lucky if I was awake for more than a few hours.

And yes, the stories have kept me awake at night until I write and get them out. I wrote 17 chapters in one day and that was It's a college thing. The massive updates drove my readers nuts. I wrote 20 chapters in Saintwood: The Original Bad Boys in three days. Beauty's Beast took me a week to write it. Chapters don't take me days to write. They take an hour or two when I write. I don't have set days for updates for this reason, and yes, I will finish a few books around the same time.

If you want to know the secret to how I write, there it is in a nutshell. I followed in my grandmother's footsteps with writing. It also helped that I have a natural raw talent at storytelling and big imagination 😉.