When I was a child, I suffered from terrible nightmares. My mother enlisted the help of a professional. As a homework assignment, I was asked to start writing these dreams down, and it changed my life. Suddenly I was looking forward to what my mind would create, and I began turning these nightmares into short stories. By the time I was in high school, my freshman English teacher submitted one to a contest, and although I didn't win, I received some very good reviews for my work, encouraged, I kept it up. Later when I attended Purdue University, I took a writing class, and the professor really more...
