Growing Up In The Projects Shaped My Writing

What Caused My Mother, My Mentor To Cry Bitterly Into Her Notebook?

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Why on Earth would a former child of the projects choose to become a writer? Fresh out of college I believed I would be the exception to the whole “starving artist” rule. Things would be different for me. Not just because I have a strong work ethic and natural talent like my…