Hi! Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog. This first series will follow my journey as an aspiring author. Let me tell you, it has been a wild ride. Whilst on this journey I’ve really learned a lot about myself, not just as an author, but personally as well.
To be honest, I never really considered becoming an author. I’ve always had a knack for storytelling, but it was never a path that I considered. Until recently. I began my career as an early childhood educator. I love teaching, especially younger kids. Growing up I hated school, and kids shouldn’t hate school. I think school and learning should be an adventure, full of fun and excitement. Things were really looking up for me in my teaching career, and I really thought I had found a home. Then my first seizure hit. There were more to follow that one. Let me tell you, it was scary. I was aware of everything that was going on, I could feel my body shaking, and I couldn’t make it stop. I have children of my own, and seeing how they reacted to my seizures made me decide that I couldn’t teach. It wasn’t that the seizures preclude me from that job, but after seeing how it affected my own children, I began wondering how the kids in my classroom would react if I had a seizure, and I decided I couldn’t put a child through that.
After that I began thinking about what I was going to do, and that is when I remembered Rantëa. I pulled all of my notes out, and began really thinking about Rantëa, and the story I wanted to craft. Rantëa began life as a really vivid dream that I’d had. It was so captivating, and the imagery was so clear that I had to write it down. As I was writing, the entire history of this planet began taking shape. I have a whole history of the planet, who lived there and what happened to them. Writing Rantëa is what gave me the push to go back to school. This time for a bachelor’s degree in creative writing…. To be continued next week.
Weekly Writing Prompt
What is the most vivid dream you can remember?
Sarah Wilkens 