Why I write

My love of writing and sharing experiences began
many years ago. In the fourth grade I joined 4H and
was elected reporter. Every month I would walk from
my home in the middle of Farmerville to the Gazette
office and present my 4H article to Ben Lee, the owner
of the Farmerville Gazette. These in turn
would be published. I loved it and over time
I discovered how much I enjoyed conveying
a story. I thought of writing books and I
thought of reporting a man-on-the-street report
of Desert Storm. The latter I decided not
to do fearing retribution from my company
and the Saudi government even though a local
daily paper had agreed to receive my posts.
I couldn’t understand why I wanted to write and
equated it to my mother who told me to write
every day and keep a journal of my life. Then
when researching my first published book I realized that
this desire to write was intrinsic and not a learned behavior
and it came from my father’s side of the family.