![]() ![]() Was it clear from the start that you were interested in writing for a YA audience? It was a much slower thing I discovered over time. You’ve probably talked to a lot of writers that say that as soon as they could walk, they had a pen in their hand, but it wasn’t like that for me. It was the first time that I gave myself permission to explore reading and writing without any type of academic burden or pressure. It wasn’t until college that I started to figure out it was something that I might actually enjoy. I appreciate my teachers from high school, but so many of them really ruined reading and writing and took the joy out of it for me. Even into my high school years, I never really gravitated towards writing because it felt so much like homework. ![]() ![]() When reading isn’t a huge priority, writing isn’t a huge priority. Reading, while something I enjoyed, wasn’t really a priority. ![]() It was more about putting food on the table, putting the kids to bed, and starting the whole thing over the next morning. I have fantastic parents that I love, but they were hardworking, blue-collar parents who didn’t have time to come home and read to me. Have you always known that you wanted to write novels? ![]()
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