I started my writing career in the 5th grade. Being able to write helped me to imagine other lives and different things, to express myself in different ways. We left New York when I was 9 years old, on our way to Georgia. I anticipated having fun with my cousins, rolling in the grass and catching lightning bugs. Yet, after our first month, I was bored. As my cousins returned to school, I was home alone with my mom. Anxious to...