I had an inkling pretty early on that someday I might become a writer. As a child, my favorite book series was Pippi Longstocking. I hated when the stories were over. When I sensed they were winding down, I'd come up with longer alternative endings. Sometimes they just stayed in my head, most times, I'd jot them down. I started writing more stories. Not just endings. They had beginnings and middles too.