What inspired you to start writing?
When I was young, a youth confined to a youth correctional facility. I did not know I was able to write until some of the black and white kids came over to see what kind of things I was writing to my loved ones at home, especially to my girlfriends. They asked me to write letters for them, to send to their girlfriends, a tradeoff, I would write "love letters" for them, and they would repay in cigarettes. Their approval in feedback from their loved ones sealed my faith. The rest is history.
