I always knew, at least on some level that I was to be an author. I printed my name inside the front cover of every Little Golden Book in our house. Those same storybooks now are part of my home library. Then, again obvious when I would write and hand my work to anyone to read, just to watch them read, seeing their face change, knowing where they were and that what I had written could alter their expression. Connection. Never spent a single second or stamp sending in any of my words to publishing houses or writing contests. That wasn't the dream back then. Being censored or edited or reject more...