What, Why, How: Denise Sedman

WHAT?

“I’m a writer.” Those words didn’t come easy to me. Friends would ask what I did for a living and I’d hem and haw and never give a clear answer. I was embarrassed to say I was a writer because I truly didn’t believe it myself. I heard my mother’s nagging words clearly state that I was a simpleton with a limited vocabulary. I took it as a challenge and bought a dictionary.

My pursuit of stringing words together became a passion and a safe way to express my emotions. Unlike a journal, I’d...