The first piece of "literature" you can say I wrote outside of school was a fantasy novel--or what I thought was a novel. I wrote it out of boredom to keep me entertained one summer before going to sixth grade. It wasn't until I explored literature traveling back to reading classics from all over the world that I started to explore different themes in my writing.
At first, I was inspired by the death of my father when I was six. I explored the themes of death, family, and addiction. I wrote pieces short stories, poetry, and novels that I thought he would enjoy while also healing myself. But I also felt my work was missing something.
A couple of hundred books later, my inspiration shifted from my father to common American. I want my work to empathize with the struggles of the true heroes. The common people. Seeing the many social issues protruding our world, keeps me writing daily to bring light to issues forgotten.

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