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I was telling stories before I'm able to write. My father was a story-teller, and this man encouraged me to make up stories. The adults indulged and applauded and spoiled me. I wrote my first poem in second grade (I was about 7) as well as was published in our very small village's weekly newspaper. I started a newspaper in your fifth grade, a little weekly that ran 2-3 pages. Started writing stori