MY STORY

Write What You Know About

I was twenty when I moved to New York City from Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania with my suitcase, portfolio, and fifty dollars in my
pocket. As I rode the Greyhound bus, I remember thinking ...

If I can just find a place to live

and a job, I’ll be the happiest girl

in the whole wide world.

Hey! Where’s

she goin’?

New York City.

If she can

make it there,

she’ll make it

anywhere.

Many of the characters I write about come from small towns to a big city
to fulfill their dreams. I’ve been there. I have felt all the mixed emotions of
excitement, fear, expectation. I know that character. I know that story. I can
bring it up any time and write volumes.

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