I got into writing early on, probably around when I started roleplaying OCs on Woolly Hooves (RIP). My own stories spun off from there, with my longest piece, forever unfinished, reaching 50 college-ruled pages of handwriting about as tall as the lines the words rested on. Nowadays I type everything, mostly in Notepad for its simplicity but sometimes in Google Docs for easy sharing—though I detest the latter quite a bit. If I do handwrite something, I prefer using a red pen.

I was a Creative Writing major in college, which taught me a great deal of things I can't specifically remember, but I'm sure they live on in my subconscious. Of particular note is that I developed a great fondness for novels-in-stories, which are novels whose chapters are each short stories that can stand alone, but together help weave an overarching narrative. These sorts of heavily character-driven narratives are my favorites. My own stories largely follow mundane people, even in fantastical settings, because that's personally more compelling to think about than the intricacies of worldbuilding. (Though I do enjoy such in others' works.)

As for art, I started drawing as a child because my sister did. Initially it was wolves and cats and sometimes less realistic creatures, but one day I decided to learn how to draw humans (I believe so I could draw some of my OCs). I looked up a tutorial, all text, and got confused when it said to draw a circle with two pointed ends—but shouldn't that only be one for the chin? So I ignored what the tutorial said and just remembered what I knew a human head looked like. Remember to use reference; it's pretty helpful.

I've come a long way since then, and now I draw more than I write, but I'm still engaging with my stories in creative ways and that's the most important thing.