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Deborah Hawkins, penned Debra Renée Byrd, began writing after a blank book project in elementary school and never stopped, fashioning stories based on her favorite TV shows and movies before creating more original works. She studied at the University of the Arts and Florida State University before settling down and graduating from Temple University. She now resides in her hometown of Dover, DE, where she spends most of her time at work or at church. She loves fantasies, superheroes, is a trekkie and a brown coat. She loves television and lives for Final Fantasy video games, having collected most of them. She has read a myriad of authors, and her favorite authors change whenever she finds a new book that changes her life... "When you can't run, you crawl. When you can't crawl...well, you know the rest." -Tracey, Firefly, "The Message"

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

IWSG: Inspiration


Happy First Wednesday!

It is time to share our writerly woes, achievements, and thoughts with others like us. This was created by Alex J. Cavanaugh, and there are now hundreds of writers who participate! There is also a website now, which can be visited HERE.

A couple of weeks ago, my cousin messaged me to tell me her son was writing a story, "Just like Deborah."* It definitely made me get a little misty, and it also made me feel like I have to keep pushing myself to write and get to that publication goal to make him proud. I'm sure by this week, he'll want to be a fireman or something, but it was just nice to hear. Some people do find the inspiration to write from authors they've read, so I would love to be that author for someone out there.

Hope to visit you today!



(*He actually wrote a two-sentence story on my old laptop when he was 4, so when his mom told him that, he said, "Oh, so this is my second novel?" haha)

6 comments:

Sarah Foster said...

That's awesome! I'm sure a lot of writers (including myself) started writing when they were very young, so maybe he'll keep at it!

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

That's really cute. Maybe he'll hold on to that dream.

dolorah said...

That was sweet. Take inspiration where you find it :)

Vanessa Morgan said...

It must be nice to hear that you inspire children. So sweet.

Diana Wilder said...

What a lovely tribute! And it was heartfelt. (I love his comment about it being his second novel.) That young man will definitely go places, after he finishes charming everyone and breaking hearts.

Anonymous said...

Right! He's too cute for life.