As a kid I used to walk to a nearby field and lay down in the tall grass, look at the clouds and daydream for hours. When I was in grade school one of my teachers called my parents once and told them I had a problem with daydreaming and was not paying attention in school.

Even today when I watch a television program I think about how I would have changed the ending or I sometimes play out in my mind several different plots that could have taken place.  The same goes for watching movies where I often think about how the writers could have led you down a completly different path.

After growing up reading Louis L’Amour Western novels, later on I started reading James Patterson, John Grisham and David Baldacci novels.  I would often think how I would have changed the plot or ended it differently.  It wasn’t because I didn’t like the plot or ending it’s just the way my mind works from as far back as I can remember.

Then, one day I asked myself that question that only a few of us ever ask ourselves.  If you could do anything in life you really wanted to do, what would you do?  My answer was, I wanted to be a writer and use my active imagination to create wonderful stories because it’s something that I really enjoy.

So I decided that I would take fiction writing classes and enrolled at Cal State Fullerton.  Two years later I got a fiction writing certificate which just means I took every class they offered in fiction writing.  It was an experience to say the least and I quickly found out that everyone has a wide variety of writing styles.

I started producing short stories and all day long at work I would think about how the plots and endings would all come together to make a good story.  I filled notepads with ideas and even sayings I liked.  I love to produce short stories because it’s really the way I exercise my imagination.  They make great novel warm ups because they are just quick mini plots.  Kind of like doing stretching exercises before a work out.

I had an idea for a fiction novel and sat down one day and started typing on my keyboard.  I wrote this story like I was watching a movie and it unfolded before my eyes just like I was in the audience.  The thoughts just kept coming to me as I hit the keys and I knew one day I would have to end it.

I actually missed the characters once I did finish but now I have started on another novel so I get to do it all over again.  I get goosebumps just thinking about creating another new story and the characters that will make it come to life.

Writing is what I really love to do, and if you ever read one of my novels or short stories, I only hope that you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Thanks for visiting,
G. W. Gresham