A Mother's Encouragement

Like King, my mother encouraged my early writing. She bought me books as I pleased and didn't mind reading anything I wrote. In the eighth grade I entered a poetry contest at Barnes & Noble. She was in the audience when I read it outloud and has been there every time I hae a similar event. Even today, she continues to support me as much as ever. Recently, she bought a laptop to help me with my English assignments(although the real reason was probably because she couldn't support the old dinosaur-of-a-computer we had upstairs). If it wasn't for her, I'd probably never had gotten into writing, seriously. She's done a lot for me, I'll pay her back one day when I mention her in the dedication of my next novel.