About Author:  My Writing Background

         Writing has been a part of my life since my early years growing up in Brookline, Massachusetts.  In third grade, I embarked upon an ambitious project for a child of that age to write a story about a fictional character from the American Wild West.  My father began to type the story in his spare time, but was unable to finish, and in my childhood disorganization, I lost the manuscript to the sands of time.

            During my 7^th and 8^th grades, I used to fashion dozens of letters to entertain my older brother who was lonely during his first two years at Cornell University.  I would make up dialogues, some based in truth, of arguments and discussions between my younger brother, my parents, and me.  My older brother told me that he roared at each letter with laughter, and always looked forward to my next installment.

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