E.G. Keith

Read it.

I’ve been writing on computers, laptops, and sheets of paper since I was seven, but I’ve been telling stories since the day I learned to talk. When I really figured out that I had a gift, though, was at my grandparents’ house, when I used the word dignity in a story that I wrote at seven years old and my aunt started giggling from where she sat on the couch. I never liked children’s books as a kid—at least not books with pictures in them. I refused to read picture books, and I started reading chapter books in first grade. The Magic Tree House was one of my favorites, along with I Survived. In the third grade, I felt a sense of pride because my teacher had asked me to attend a class with fourth graders that was for advanced reading. That year they didn’t even have me test my reading level—they just let me join the group.

Write it.

I had hundreds of attention-grabbers and first sentences in my Google Docs account before I started Havoc, but I never really got around to finishing them. Even now, when something inspires me and I start to write something anew, I find myself stumped, not wanting to leave the characters that have stolen my heart.

Do it.

I started writing Havoc on February 27, 2021. I had gotten the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series for Christmas that year, and after reading them, I found I was inspired enough to write my own magical book—with a few major adjustments. I remember telling my mom a few weeks earlier that I would never finish and write my own book, and then it just…happened. I kept writing. I found myself entranced by the characters that danced across my eyelids as I slept, and though making Pinterest boards about them the entire day seemed very tempting, I managed to write more than imagine, and I finished Havoc on October 7, 2021. I started writing the sequel to Havoc, Serenity, only a week after on October 14, 2021, will publish it about a year after I started, in November 2022.

You Can Do It, too.

I think that anyone can write a book, so long as they put their mind to it. I was miserable before I started writing, and then everything started getting better. I believe that everyone just needs a little push that’ll get them going, and then they can do it. It’s as easy as that. You get a little push, like finishing one of your favorite book series, for instance, and then you can write it.

Follow it.

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If you’re looking for my mom - Jennifer J Keith - she just published her first nonfiction book - Fixing the Funny Bone: The G.R.I.T. Method to Heal with Humor - her website is here - www.fixingthefunnybone.com