2024-03-15 08:00:06 What inspired you to start writing? An abusive family life, fairy tales, and a need to ponder the universe. That, and my older brother left behind a large collection of SF books when he moved out.…
2024-03-14 11:00:21 What inspired you to start writing? I started writing the same way a lot of authors do: I couldn’t find stories that I wanted to read, so I had to write them myself. I grew up in a…
2024-03-13 08:00:42 What inspired you to start writing? In my case, it wasn’t a choice. Like a lot of writers, I started early. Before my older sister started teaching me to read, at about age three-and-a-half, I was already…
2024-03-12 14:44:22 What inspired you to start writing? I wanted to be a writer and began writing stories as early as age eight. Mainly for myself since there were no options for getting published as a child. Years later, when…
2024-03-11 08:00:11 What inspired you to start writing? I’ve been a writer since childhood. Once I knew how to write, I started writing stories. I was about 12 when I realized that people actually wrote stories for a…
2024-03-10 11:00:37 What inspired you to start writing? I’ve been writing in some fashion or other ever since I was a kid. My older sister and I used to write scripts (mostly parodies) for some of the more popular TV…
2024-03-09 09:00:18 What inspired you to start writing? In fifth grade, I loved both art and writing. My teacher told my mother, “Encourage her writing over her art.” Which meant I was no good at art, LOL. Also,…
2024-03-08 12:00:32 What inspired you to start writing? Burnout and boredom. Seriously, though, I always loved to write – submitted my first sci-fi short story to Asimov’s Magazine when I was in elementary school! (It was kindly rejected.) Then I…
2024-03-07 09:00:06 What inspired you to start writing? I’ve been a reader for as long as I can remember. During one particular book club meeting, I found myself criticizing a book and then saying, “But they wrote a…
2024-03-06 12:00:55 What inspired you to start writing? It’s difficult to pinpoint that definitive moment when the lightbulb went on, I picked up the quill, and I decided I was going to become a writer. But I do remember being…