I have always written, therefore, I have always been a writer.  Right?   For as long as I can remember I have been calling myself a writer.  I have written many things since I first picked up a pencil and applied it to a blank sheet of paper: notes to friends, diary entries, song lyrics, poems, short stories, school papers, novels, essays.  I have pretty much written it all.  Where did this desire to express myself through words on a page come from?

If I am going to attribute my lifelong love of writing to pop culture, I can point to three things:

• Natalie on The Facts of Life always talked about writing The Great American Novel
• Patty on Square Pegs was wise beyond her years (as was I) and wrote for the school newspaper
• The Beatles’ “Paperback Writer” made the idea of being a writer sound fascinating

Sarah…