I wrote my first article for a church newsletter when I was 12 years old in 1968. I will never forget what it felt like to see my name in print. I’ve been in love with writing ever since.
In my 21st year, when I moved to Seattle from Jacksonville, Fla., where I was raised, I experienced the luxury of a six-month sabbatical. I spent that time reading the great novels of the 19th and 20th centuries, and writing poetry, while wandering the byways of a slimmer, youthful Seattle, before Microsoft came along. Read more
