I said yes, but I was terrified that she or my classmates would make fun of it. Before she did, she asked if she could read it to the class. I learned that language-and my own words-have power the same day Mrs. What was an early experience where you learned that language had power? My first book was published when I was 25. You could be a writer.” Her five-word sentence-“You could be a writer”-awakened me to my purpose in life. Walton returned the graded assignment to me, she had written on it, “This is good. I smile at its innocence now, but that story had tension and conflict and resolution. It was science fiction, a genre I had recently become interested in, about a boy who builds a robot in his garage from various parts he finds there. I wrote a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end-before I knew that all good stories should have those elements. Walton, gave us a homework assignment to write a story and use properly punctuated dialogue (a skill she’d recently taught us). I was a shy, quiet kid with an unhappy home life who lived inside her head. What was the defining event that made you start writing? Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.The memoir recounts my journey to discover the truth about her guilt or innocence. Synopsis: At the age of 35, I discovered that my great-grandmother had been accused of multiple murders over the course of a twenty-year period, actions which, if true, would characterize her as a serial killer.Book title: The Tainted Legacy of Bertha Gifford.She is a graduate of the University of California, Riverside, and holds a master’s degree in Twentieth Century British and American Literature. Kay Murphy is the author of four books, including The Tainted Legacy of Bertha Gifford.
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