Saturday, March 04, 2006

happiness is...

fiction writing. the more i do the other kind, the more i realize my heart lies in writing fiction. and no, it's not just because i get to make up facts, rather than having to seek them out!

i think i naturally have a fantastical mind. when my sister and i were kids, our papa would tell us tales after dinner, sometimes scary, sometimes funny, but always imaginative. in our room i remember we had a picture of a boy and a girl sleeping, and from their heads spilled images of knights, strange animals, explorers, boats, wars... and he would draw elaborate maps, a habit that both jane and i carry with us to this day.

i guess i like writing fiction because it reminds me of being a kid. i love taking real life things and seeing if i can give them a twist of sorts.

1 comment:

xtinehlee said...

happy to have you join our fiction writing ranks. :)