Susanna W asked: What made you become a writer?
A: I think a true writer can’t stop writing. They love words, and stories, and the way they sing together. I have been a story teller since my early days (just as my mother!) and have always loved a great tale. But I have also loved to read, and not just novels, but poetry. I love to weave a passage together to evoke a mood in a narrative piece, to write songs and poems, and how language can make us laugh out loud, or even cry when used correctly. I have to write stories like a singer needs to sing, and a chef needs to cook. I can’t NOT write, and even if I’m not writing…I’m writing. Or at least working on a story. And, when I saw my daughter and son do the same thing, I realized, for the first time…I’m not weird! (Oaky, maybe a little, but I’m okay with that!)
(Susan May Warren spent the summer collecting “Ask and Author Anything!” questions, about life, writing and anything (within reason) her readers asked. Stop back every week this winter to read the answers to those questions!)