



When we read the poems out loud to the class, #40 looked at me for the very first time. Our teacher gave us an assignment to write a poem for a contest. And, then in walked #40-that’s what I called him. I had never really shared my writing outside of essays that I had to write in school. But in my sophomore year, I did not like my art teacher, and some of my friends were taking a creative writing class. And, I was a total arts girl-I took private art lessons, and was in advanced art classes at school. Oftentimes, I would sit under a tree in my backyard and write, draw, and listen to music. How did you first become a writer? Is it true it had to do with a boy, a poem, and a creative writing class?ĭoesn’t it always start with a boy? But, before that, I was the youngest person in my family and in my neighborhood, and lived in a rural area where I didn’t have a lot of playmate.
