What, Why, How: Jimmy Leonard

What:

When I was in elementary school, I wrote and directed plays with the neighborhood kids as the actors and my parents’ basement as the stage. One of my teachers signed my yearbook, “You’ll be a famous author someday, and I’ll say that I knew you in the third grade!” Well, Mrs. Oz, I don’t think anyone would call me famous, but I did become an author.

Honestly, it took a long time for me to bless that desire to write. I wanted to pursue creative writing but always told myself no. In high...