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���� Q: How long have you been writing?
���� A: As soon as I was taught how to read, and how to write, I began relaying the many stories I would often share with my family with a pencil and paper. That's probably why I didn't go into acting later on in life... I've always been a bit more of the type who writes down instructions, dictates who does them, then sits back and lets the other person have all the fun. So, to answer your question: Too long.

���� Q: When did the ideas for the INVERNIATO stories begin to formulate?
���� A: Probably when I was around 12 or so. I started having these dreams. I didn't quite know what they meant, but I knew they were of great importance. I began writing them down, and the rest is history.

���� Q: Did you ever encounter nay-Sayers during your middle school and high school years, who doubted the success of your novel.
���� A: I'd be lying if I said I haven't. I question the purpose behind your line of questioning, though. I'm presently a high school student, in my junior year. I continue to have critics (though I'll refrain from mentioning them specifically) but they are strongly outweighed by my supporters. My current composition teacher, for example, has provided an immense amount of support and inspiration for working on Inverniato. I'm quite certain that attending her class, and the detailed lectures she delivers on a daily basis have helped rekindle my love for writing.

���� Q: Have you ever been 'in trouble' with the law?
���� A: No- Absolutely not.

���� Q: Is it true that you presently live with your parents?
���� A: Well, generally speaking most sixteen-year-olds would. I highly doubt that any half-way decent parent would rather send their offspring out into the cruel modern world, than spend an extra two years or so teaching them how to deal with it. At least, not my parents. I also live with my two-year-old brother, who often regards me as a third parent. We're very close, in other words.

���� Q: What colleges are you planning to attend within the next couple of years?
���� A: I don't wish to sound prejudice, but I've always favored Washington State University's Cougars over the University of Washington Huskies. Therefore, as a long-term educational goal, my first choice would be WSU. I'm familiar with the campus, which definitely helps. I visited the Pullman Campus last May during the WAFFA state Convention last year, as a representative of my high school, in the state choir.����

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