Olive Steele
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Claudette Melanson:
Thank you for being a friend Claudette. King and Hemingway influence you .....how old were you when you began to write?
Claudette Melanson
Hi Olive!
Hope you had a wonderful holiday! I loved Hemingway when introduced to him in high school and continued to throughout college and the rest of my reading life so far. King, my Aunt Betty would sneak to me, under the nose of my devoutly religious mother, who didn't approve. I started writing when I was five, jotting down stories and even writing a continuing serial for my ballet class, LOL! I entered a Star Wars writing competition when I was still young, my first try, and continued to write all through my teen and adult years. They were mostly little stories I didn't think were good enough, so I kept throwing them away. Reading the story of how Stephenie Meyer was able to write her book so fast while caring for her young children made me realize I had to bite the bullet and write that book I'd been dreaming about and piecing together. Rising Tide was born, which gave me the courage to write much more quickly and fearlessly :)
Thank you for your question :)
Hope you had a wonderful holiday! I loved Hemingway when introduced to him in high school and continued to throughout college and the rest of my reading life so far. King, my Aunt Betty would sneak to me, under the nose of my devoutly religious mother, who didn't approve. I started writing when I was five, jotting down stories and even writing a continuing serial for my ballet class, LOL! I entered a Star Wars writing competition when I was still young, my first try, and continued to write all through my teen and adult years. They were mostly little stories I didn't think were good enough, so I kept throwing them away. Reading the story of how Stephenie Meyer was able to write her book so fast while caring for her young children made me realize I had to bite the bullet and write that book I'd been dreaming about and piecing together. Rising Tide was born, which gave me the courage to write much more quickly and fearlessly :)
Thank you for your question :)
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