I work remotely and in-office. But I'd rather be writing. I've been asked by colleagues and non-writer folk why I belong to a writing tribe.
My standard answer is: "We speak the same lingo."
What I really want to say is: "To avoid these kind of questions."
Not to be harsh, but I get some of the weirdest questions.

Lisa, I wrote since forever too. It started with poems that would come into my head. Then I moved to short stories. Then novels. I didn't know about the ADHD yet, so I didn't understand why novels broke my brain. But they totally did.

I hung out in the short story and unfinished novel space until I figured out the ADD brain. Now I just break the big works into scenes and do a minimum of 3 drafts to get the full story out (using Scrivener). It works for me at this point.

But I still have a poem drop into my brain every time someone dies, so I'm pretty sure my language of emotion is poetry.

Writing brains are weird.

Hahahaha! Best. Answer. Ever.

I love this story, Diana! I can just see Little Diana being the happiest librarian around. *melts*

Thanks, Lisa. I've always been jealous of those of you who were writing stories at a young age.

My earliest writings were scribbles around age 4 or 5 as a "librarian," checking out books to my siblings. Loved those library checkout cards. 🙂

I had the same HOW experience. Like you, have had them many times. So rewarding! Thanks for sharing!

It's that fun when the stories aid us in other areas of our life? I love it when I dream a story, how they can appear magically. Thanks for sharing!