Author Blog Challenge: Day Two

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I think I’ve probably written since I first learned to put two words together on a piece of paper, so when I was in elementary school. I do recall taking a creative writing class when I was in seventh or eighth grade and entering an essay contest.

I always enjoyed writing in high school and wrote for a local newspaper as well as the school paper. But after high school I put my writing on a back burner to be a wife and mother.

Fast forward twenty five years, three children grown and almost out of the house, a newborn in the crib and a stay-at-home mom that needed a creative outlet. I took a Writing for Children class at the Institute for Children’s Literature. I wrote a short story for that class, that in retrospect lent itself to a YA novel better, although at the time I didn’t realize it.

When I finished the class  I tried writing first for young children and then for adults but neither seemed to fit. Then I went back to that short story and realized two things: First, that short story was a novel. I wanted to know more, there was more story to tell than would fit in a short story and the story was about more than a boy, it was about his family and how he got to the starting point of the short story; in a word the backstory.

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So the short story turned into a YA Christian Fantasy Trilogy and the young man who was the main character is waiting to start a new series, since his parents and uncle took over the story.

 

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2 thoughts on “Author Blog Challenge: Day Two

  1. Christina,
    That’s very cool. I love how you came to find your niche.
    When did your book come out? It sounds like you have a strong imagination. I write non-fiction because I think it’s hard for me to come up with plots! But I would love to write a novel with elements of my own life!
    Take care and good luck in the challenge!
    Amy

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