Growing up one of my absolute favorite things was to listen to stories and/or be read to. 

Daddy used to make up stories for my siblings and I as kids and he passed down to each of us his active imagination. 

To this day we bounce a wide variety of story ideas off each other from sci-fi, to horror, to picture books, etc... although none of those have ever yet come to life on paper. 

My own personal writing journey began with poetry (an interest I inherited from my Grandpa). But with the help and support of you all here, I look forward to a new (story)writing journey :)