Last week, I went through my old email account and found my college senior thesis. I wrote a collection of short stories from past experiences in my life. They range from the homes I lived in as a child to my first love. I initially started the short stories because of my favorite author David Sedaris. One of my favorite books of his is Me Talk Pretty. He can take the most unconventional, most embarrassing moment in a person's life and make it seem totally normal through wit and humor. I took the same approach when writing my thesis. After writing my thesis I had the idea to continue and write a book, but out of fear I ran away from the idea. Now, 3 year later, I have started to edit my senior thesis and now I'm having the feeling that I want to complete the book. That may seem like a haphazard thing to some people. Just wake up and say, "I'm going to write a book today." But for me its way more than that. In my almost 25 years on this earth I have seen, done, heard and thought about some insane things. I feel that I have gone through things in my life that someone somewhere in the world can relate to. So in an ordinary Nappy Nikki fashion I will do what I know how to do best, use my words. So here's to a new beginning!P.S. I started vlogging on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/NikkivsNaps. Stop by if your interested.
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