Musings on Writing
I first started writing at the ripe age of seven or eight. I borrowed my parent's computer and penned my first stories on a loudly clacking keyboard. Of course, I was under grand delusions that I would be the next J. K. Rowling- an idea that I still may or may not be secretly fostering- and I wrote with a fervor that, I am sure, matched hers. My first "book" was a novel aptly titled Rhotrude , named as such after the protagonist. If you are thinking something along the lines of: "What kind of a name is Rhotrude and what the heck does this novel entail?" You are not alone. I am not sure what kind of a name Rhotrude is. A rudimentary Google search reveals that the name is entirely made up but does, however, appear in the poems of Frederick Goddard Tuckerman. Clearly, I was not reading Tuckerman at the age of seven, so the name must have been the result of my little fingers randomly slamming on the keyboard until I found a name that suited my purpos...