: About Me

Books were always more real to me than they should have been. Most people could easily differentiate between fiction and reality. I knew that it wasn’t really real but when I read it was more real to me than anything happening off the pages. I could have paid a therapist to tell me something was wrong with me, but why waste the money. My life pretty much sucked.

I can remember one story, it was about a sausage maker that had run out of pork and instead he used humans. The villagers all loved his sausage so much that even when he had pork again he still used humans. I didn’t eat sausage till I was twenty and I read the story in 3rd grade. Even to this day I won’t eat anything other than Bob Evans or Johnsonville. That is the power that a well written story has on me.

That is the kind of author I want to be. Not that I want to haunt someone for most of their life, but I want to leave a lasting impression.  In real life I am very nonchalant; I go with the flow and rarely put myself before my kids, husband and friends. I do not mind, in fact I love my role in life. Sometimes, just sometimes I want to be in charge. I want to make all the rules.

It always amazed me how powerful the written word can be. An author takes something very personal and creates a story of it. As the audience reads the works, their brain uniquely adapts the story to relate to their life. Well, a good story, accomplishes that. They see their friends, enemies and acquaintances in the characters. Good writing will trigger memories from the reader’s past. Good writing is relatable.

Perhaps I am drawn to writing by the innate human need of fitting in, being relatable. Or maybe I just like stepping out of my typical personality or mindset and having complete control over something. All I know is that nothing can replace the feeling that writing gives me.

Helium has given me the perfect place to fine tune my abilities and improve on my technique. Here, I can learn what audiences enjoy and what they don’t. It is a place where I can fail and learn from my mistakes with support and help. Helium has become my training wheels.

My passion is ...

being a good mom, a wonderful wife, a loyal friend and a great writer!

I know too much about ...

I could live forever and still not know "too much"

My parents always told me ...

"pay attention" or "say yes, not yeah" and "April, look both ways before crossing the road"

My childhood ambition ...

I wanted to be a senator, even went to college for a year but then decided I wanted to be able to spend my time with my family when I had one.

My favorite memory ...

The moment I realized I was in love with my husband and going to spend the rest of my life with him, the first time I held my children, and when I realized how much I enjoyed writing

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris, Mortal Instrument series by Cassandra Claire

My first job ...

Mcdonalds for 4 years, all through high school and them some.

My best moment ...

I have a lot of great moments but nothing stands out as the best.

My inspiration ...

J.K. Rowlings and proving my English teacher wrong.

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Creatures of the night

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It amazed me how I was still capable of enjoying the peacefulness of the starry sky. Even when the night brought such a curse with it, I could still look up and find serenity. For more nights than I would wish upon anyone, I gazed up at the flawless scene above, consumed with vengeance, always torn between adoration and revulsion. Still, those first fleeting moments, just as the sun sets, were perfect, unspoiled. Then the thirst would consume me. The pangs and cramps would force me back to the grim reality of what I really was, telling me what I already knew I must do. Deciding who would d...

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