(SHORT STORY, part of Grains of Sand) Everybody loves the sappy stories. I had at one point a bout of writer's block, so bad that I began thinking maybe I wasn't a writer anymore, that it was just a phase. To put this to the test, I sat down and forced myself to write one sentence. What came out was: "Who you gonna see when you get to Heaven?" I inadvertently gave myself an amazing plug, and started plugging away. An hour later, I'd popped out one of my best stories, and cemented my confidence that "being a writer" is something that will never go away.
Victor A. Davis has always loved reading and writing short stories. He is an avid hiker and even when away from the world of laptops and wifi, keeps a pocket paperback and a handwritten journal to keep him company on trail. He is the author of two short story collections, Grains of Sandand The Gingerbread Collection.