Hi out there in blogosphere. Today I'm talking with a young aspiring author, Stephanie Dunham. 

Stephanie, can you tell us about yourself in three sentences?
I'm quiet and I love to read. I can get the oddest feelings sometimes (or so it seems). I love being with my family and staying up late.

Where do you live?
I live in the United States.

When did you first discover you had an interest in writing?
I first got interested in writing when I started to make a role playing game then changed it into a story- a story I'm still, ironically, trying to finish.

Do you have a favorite genre to write in?
I prefer to write fiction but I have written in other genres.

A favorite genre to read?
I read books in a variety of genres but my favorite genre of writing to read is fiction.

Three favorite Books?
One of my favorite books to read is the Book of Mormon. Two of my favorite authors are Brandon Mull and Dean Hughes.

Three favorite Movies?
Three of my favorite movies are: New Moon, Lord of the Rings the Two Towers, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Three favorite bands/musicians?
I enjoy listening to Enya, Breaking Benjamin, and Owl City.

Other hobbies?
I play piano, read, and use the computer up the whazoo.

Where do you like to write?
I prefer to write in a quiet place- like my bedroom, but there isn't a computer in there...(wow so do you like really write in long hand, because that is way hard. I heard Tolstoy wrote Anna Karina 17 times by hand, and that was not a short book!) I like to write at night the most because I think I do my best work at night...hehe.

If you could meet one person from history who would it be?
Hm, I think that I would like to spend time with...I don't know this is a hard one. Anyone from history...I suppose it'd be Abraham Lincoln, I've always liked him...(If you get to meet him, ever will you say hi for me, because the Gettysburg address always makes me cry, he was not only a great president, but a wonderful writer.)

If I had three days to save the world?
I'd try to save it, I suppose.

Three days to live?
Hehe, get published. No, I'm just kidding, uh, I'm not sure, probably spend time with my family.  (Seriously I hope that never happens but I know what you mean I have this story that I've been working on for years and my family know if I die their biggest job is to get my story published.)

And now some of Stephanie's writing:


             She gazed at the ominous castle and heard the screaming. How long would she have to wait till they came? The village woman was scared out of her wits. She was part of the weekly payment the villagers gave the vampires. She knew they would be there soon. She just wondered if they’d be there soon enough.  She stared at the forest surrounding the clearing she was in from the stake she was tied to. She heard cackling and her heart started working overtime.

“Well, well, well, look what the villagers forgot.”

The woman looked at the witch that had just appeared and gulped. The witch cackled then suddenly stopped and listened. They both heard growling. The witch sighed as the werewolf stepped out of the forest. Spit was co

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