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In the world of Fantasy, anything is possible.
Writing Fantasy: Freedom and Creativity.
“So, what have you done on the weekend?” A friendly woman asks me.
“Oh, nothing special. Taking care of the household and doing some writing.”
“Writing? Do you write? That’s amazing!”
She smiles, and we talk about my writing for a couple of minutes, which I hope will one day become a full-time job.
I started writing before I could read. At age 6, I received my first diary, and I still have it. That book shows how my writing skills improved during the first two years.
In the beginning, there are more drawings than words. Mixed with stickers, of course. But then the words take on a more permanent part.
That’s how it all started: with a diary. Then, it developed into short stories. I would send some of them to my favorite magazine.
I remember my excitement the first time they published one of my stories. It was a fantastic feeling, and of course, it made me keep on writing.
It was fun and came very easy for me.
In school, I was no star. Nonetheless, if we had a writing assignment, my teachers would ask me not to overdo it and to keep it to a certain number of pages. They learned rapidly that if they did not put up a limit, I would come up with more than they had time to read.
People often told me to pursue writing, and if real life hadn’t gotten in the way, who knows where I’d be now?
If anyone asked me how it all started, I would have to blame Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and, of course, the Fantasy Queen herself, Anne Rice.
I was just a teen when I sneaked out of bed one evening to watch some TV. I saw a film…
