Featured Artist Friday: Ally Morcom
Today's featured artist is a gal I have had the privilege to become friends with over the past few months. We have a lot in common: we're both the oldest of four siblings, we were both home-schooled, we're both relocated Northerners, we both love reading/fantasy/sci-fi/movies/board games, we both have a sarcastic/snarky sense of humor, and we're both currently in the midst of writing fantasy fiction novels.
However, the comparison ends there, because her talents far outnumber my own... but I'll let her speak for herself!
Featured Artist: Ally M.
1. When and why did you start (writing, playing, singing, painting, etc)?
The first time I remember writing was when I was about five years old—I had cancer at the time, and had just read a book written by a girl who had also had Leukemia. And I thought, 'Hey, I can do that,' and so I wrote about four pages and then decided it was boring and quit—probably partly because I liked drawing the 'illustrations' (read: crayon caricatures) better than writing the sentences. I think I tried writing sometime before then, but I know I was drawing Peter Pan and Tinkerbell (complete with labels) when I was about four. Singing... well, I tried to sing since I was about two. Then, at about six, I magically learned to carry a tune. Probably because that was when I was enrolled in piano lessons.
Thanks, Ally for being today's Featured Artist!