A Story Behind the Stories
The Worlds Came First
Growing up in Michigan, I spent autumns working at the cider mill and wandering the woods behind it.
Every hill became a kingdom. Every trail led somewhere unknown.
For years, those worlds lived only in notebooks, journal pages, and daydreams.
The Secret
The truth is, I never thought I could be a writer.
Writing was something other people did.
People with talent. People with experience. People who belonged in publishing.
The Turning Point
But stories have a way of refusing to leave you alone.
One night while traveling for work, I opened my laptop and made a simple promise to myself:
Just try.
I wrote a chapter.
Then another.
Then another.
What Writing Taught Me
What began as an act of courage became a calling.
Courage isn't the absence of fear.
It's choosing to take the first step before you're ready.
Today, those childhood dreams have become The Shards of Starlight.
