Do you know what a bushing is? No? Neither did I until I googled it and discovered it is a rubbery ring that fits around the kingpin on your skateboard trucks and helps the board turn and pivot…

When I first started writing with a purpose, (to empty my head of snarky, persistent characters) I did not consider myself a writer. No, I was just writing - ‘pantsing’ as some call it. I had no structure for my story. No beginning, middle or end. I was just writing what was swimming in my brain and getting to know my characters…