In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home.
Luckily, I'm in the position now of being able to play purely because I have the desire to do so.
I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.

