I became a writer because I saw a ghost. True story. I had my first paranormal experience when I was 8 years old. At first, I thought it was just me and that I had 'night terrors.' It turns out tha...view moreI became a writer because I saw a ghost. True story. I had my first paranormal experience when I was 8 years old. At first, I thought it was just me and that I had 'night terrors.' It turns out that I wasn't imagining things because soon my friends saw what I saw, and then we were attacked by it. I've wanted to write about that experience for over 30 years. And so, yes, it's literally the reason I became a writer.Doubt, fear, the supernatural, and a general uneasiness with the idea of telling my story, which might not be believed, kept me from actually writing it for such a long time. I wrote book after book about how to become a more confident writer, but all the while I felt like such a fraud because I wasn't telling the story that made me become a writer in the first place!Now, finally, I am both excited and relieved to have written and published the most terrifying experience of my childhood. It wasn't easy, it took many tries over the years, and even now I am a bit nervous to share the story with the world. But, I feel the story needs to be told.Ghosts are real, and hopefully, I can transform some doubters into believers. Once you've had a true-life paranormal experience your entire perception of the world changes, and I really think that the more open you are to the existence of the otherworldly, the more likely you are to have an actual experience.The book is titled, "The Wee-Jees." It's my ghost story, based on the actual events from my childhood.view less