My first hint that I wanted to becomea writer began in high school. Sort oflike that first yellow bloom on a tomatoplant, my English teacher, my aunt LillianMontgomery picked up onsomething like that tiny bloomthat gave her a hint that her gangly,awkward nephew might possiblyhave an inborne ability tostring words together in a meaningfulway.I resented Aunt Lillian at firstbecause she …

My first hint that I wanted to becomea writer began in high school. Sort oflike that first yellow bloom on a tomatoplant, my English teacher, my aunt LillianMontgomery picked up onsomething like that tiny bloomthat gave her a hint that her gangly,awkward nephew might possiblyhave an inborne ability tostring words together in a meaningfulway.I resented Aunt Lillian at firstbecause she …