I have always wanted to be a writer even though it was something that didn't come natural to me. I rarely did well in English class in school, but I loved reading stories and to me it was magical how the written word could be used to transport me to other worlds I knew would never have been accessible otherwise. I came from a family steeped in the Motion Picture Industry and as a young boy I remember every Sunday the family would gather at my grandparents house near Sunset Boulevard and I'd settle-in on the carpeted floor in front of the old RCA color television and we'd watch the Walt Disney