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Erica L. Drayton

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Erica L. Drayton was born in the Bronx in NYC. She began writing stories almost immediately after she learned how to read and write from her mother, a former English teacher. As a gay, black, woman, Erica used storytelling as a way to express her feelings through poetry and fantasy novels at a young age.

After college, she took her continued passion for storytelling and developed it further, into writing short stories, eventually challenging herself to write 100 word stories.

She lives with her wife, young son, two dogs, and eight chickens in the Capital Region in Upstate New York.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Erica L. Drayton I don't get writer's block but I do have times where I'm not able to write as many words as I know I'm capable of. Usually, I will re-evaluate my outl…moreI don't get writer's block but I do have times where I'm not able to write as many words as I know I'm capable of. Usually, I will re-evaluate my outline to see if something there that isn't working and that's why the words aren't coming as freely. In other cases, I like to remind myself why I'm writing; because I enjoy storytelling so much! And as a last resort, I'll skip the part of my story that is giving me so much trouble and continue writing the next bit. I find what's been holding me back, and why, will present itself as I continue to write further on into the story.(less)
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Erica L. Drayton Read. Read. Read. Read the genre you want to write. Read genres you're not particularly keen on writing. Whenever you are not writing, READ!…moreRead. Read. Read. Read the genre you want to write. Read genres you're not particularly keen on writing. Whenever you are not writing, READ!(less)
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Where were we going? This was a question I wanted to ask but for some reason didn’t. I just followed him to his car and hopped in the passenger side. It’s what partner’s do sometimes.

I reached for my phone to text the Chief that we were on the move and groaned audibly.

“What is it?” He gripped the wheel and the sped up.

“Forgot my phone.”

“Good. You won’t be needing that where we’re going. It’ll only

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Alexis de Tocqueville
“It would seem as if the rulers of our time sought only to use men in order to make things great; I wish that they would try a little more to make great men; that they would set less value on the work and more upon the workman; that they would never forget that a nation cannot long remain strong when every man belonging to it is individually weak; and that no form or combination of social polity has yet been devised to make an energetic people out of a community of pusillanimous and enfeebled citizens.”
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