Ciara (my co-author) and I started writing together at 16. My parents thought we were going to hurt someone because we were writing such dark fantasy stories. Despite the fact that my mother reads murder mysteries and loves them, she doesn't understand the writing process at all and thinks I must be a little nuts for coming up with some of my storylines. I stopped sharing my work with her a LONG time ago.
Tina
(thanks for the new smilies, Lee! I love this one:

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