My Mentor

When I went off to college, I knew I wanted to be a writer. And while my true passion was to write fiction, I knew I needed to do something that would pay some bills. So I veered off in the direction of journalism…

Interestingly, I didn’t attend a journalism school. I chose, instead, to go a bit broader, majoring in communications with a concentration in marketing (I guess, even then, I knew it was smart to keep my options open).

As a result, my “journalism” classes were pretty nil.I took writi...