Hello! My name is Nora. I've been writing ever since I was little, mostly because of my free time. You see, when I was born, I was born several months earlier than I was suppose to. I weighted one pound fourteen ounces and I was thirteen inches long, which is about the size of an adults hand. Then when I was five, I was diagnosed with lung cancer and pneumonia, and having both of those diseases at the same time makes it much harder to deal with and get rid of. I've been in and out of hospitals my entire life, ever since I was really tiny, so I've had a lot of free time to write since I couldn't play outside as much as normal kids. And since I couldn't exactly let my imagination soar by playing, I had to rely on reading books and writing them, and watching tv of course. I've always loved the stories of, Harry Potter, Peter Pan, Superman, Fiction mostly. A lot of the time I find myself writing stories that put my character into them. Like if I write Fan Fiction about Harry Potter, I put a character for me in there somewhere. I guess it's because ever since I was little I've dreamed of going to Hogwarts, or Neverland, or many other places that I could only go to in my books and dreams. The same way everyone does. But I think books meant more to me than books meant to other people because books growing up were, most of what I had, I mean sure, I had friends and family that came to visit me, but when I couldn't be normal like all the other kids in my neighborhood, I had to resort to books. And books became my life, and still are. Books are a wonderful thing. They help you learn, they help your mind grow, they help your imagination soar as far as it go and back, they help you live life to the fullest, taking you wherever you want to go. My mom said when I was little that: "Only God could make a little girl believe that a boy could fly and believe in fairies." She also said: "You can take the girl out of Neverland but you can't take Neverland out of the girl." Because of what I've been through, my family and I are closer than most. I guess it's because we've had to deal with so much together. Because of what I've been through I can't see at all without glasses. I can only hear in one hear. And for the longest time up until a couple years ago, I had no hair. All of those things are side effects from the Chemotherapy I had to go through. It was either Chemotherapy and deal with the side effects or die and go to heaven. Now, I wouldn't change anything that happened to me. If I didn't go through what I did, I wouldn't be the person I am today, or the writer I am today. One of my favorite sayings is: "The only thing holding you back from doing something, is you." When I was in the hospital or going through a rough time I would remember that saying and I would remember that I can do anything I put my mind to if I just try and if I pray. Now, you may be wondering why I am telling you all off this. My life isn't just my life. My life is a story. My life story. And my life story is the reason I became a writer.