Phoenix Rising is a California native that was born in Southern California. She is a lifelong lover of reading and writing. She has been writing poetry for as long as she can remember, but only just started writing short stories about 5 years ago. Her writing initially started as a way to alleviate childhood angst and developed into her second love, with basketball being the first. If you follow her online, you will be treated to the progression of her writing passion in the forms of poetry, short stories, erotica, words of the day and inspirational messages. Phoenix started this current proje...