When did you decide you wanted to be a... â€� J.R. Ward Q&A

Bobbye Sloan asked J.R. Ward:

When did you decide you wanted to be a writer? Where did you learn your craft and who were your biggest influences? Also, If the BDB ever made it to television and you could have Channing Tatum play one character, Who would you want him to play? Much love and mad respect- Bobbye from middle America.

J.R. Ward Hi! I just always was a writer. I've always had pictures and people in my head, and learned after a while that the only way to get them to shut up was to write it all down? I never took creative writing classes or any of that stuff- I just developed my own internal editor by deconstructing books that worked or didn't work. I also listened to my mentor (Sue Grafton) when she told me I was being stupid. Accepting criticism gracefully is really important- as is knowing what your weakness is (my default is writing one dimensional females, for example.) Channing Tatum = XCOR!

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