I am one of those writers who always and only ever wanted to be a writer. Before I could read, I wanted to illustrate picture books. As soon as I learned to read, I wanted to be an “author.” When I was a kid reading YA and mysteries and thrillers, I wanted to write those. I wrote my first “book” in the second grade — stapled-together pages about a family of vampires — and donated it to my elementary school library, not because I thought other kids would want to check it out but because the librarian asked me to. I hope every good thing happened to that librarian for the rest of her life.
Love this, Shayne!