Austin Rehl asked S.D. Howard:

What made you desire to write? What finally made you take the plunge?

S.D. Howard I used to hate writing when I was younger. Despised it with every fiber of my being! That is until my tutor had me do a writing exercise where I had to write a poem about an object that described the thing without saying what it was.
Well, being the fantasy nerd I am, I chose to write about a sword being forged from the *sword's* perspective. It's my favorite poem that is lost to the sands of time.
After that, I couldn't stop writing. I wrote more poems. Did a little fanfiction (Lord of the Rings/Narnia crossover). Toyed around with ideas.
When I was 17, I set out to write an original book. Took another 13yrs before everything finally came together, and while not the book I had started working on, The City of Snow & Stars is set within the same world and will actually set off the events that will unfold over the course of the 12 books I have planned.

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