Writing is as important to me as breathing... ok well at least as important as chocolate (trust me - that means it's vitally important). I've been telling stories since I was a kid. Often it was to get myself out of trouble (sometimes it even worked) but most of the time it was to keep my brothers and I entertained. My first manuscript was sent to a publisher over a decade ago. It was rejected, which devastated me at the time. But after a few years I met a group of awesome people who were writers. The took me under their wing and I got my confidence back. Life got in the way and I ended up moving across the country. I live in Canada, so it's a big country. It took me another few years before I decided to try my hand at getting published again. I'd been writing a lot in the meantime, but mostly just for my own pleasure. My friends think I'm insane for trying to make a living by writing. I figure, you can't succeed if you don't try.