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Eye of the Jackal
At Grandma's Knee
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Author Joni Latham
I'm definitely a true Texan. I was born in Ft. Worth (you can't get more Texan
than that) and grew up just outside Ft. Worth in a small town called Azle.
My imagination has always been a big part of my life. My dreams were vivid,
serial, and in Technicolor. We were putting on plays and skits as kids. My
cousin and I even wrote one down when I was about 12 or 13. I never could
quite get a hold on writing, prose or poetry, in high school. I tried both
without much success. I just didn't understand at the time that you just had
to tell your story and that there wasn't any particular way to do. I still
have my high school attempt at home, and it's really not too bad compared to
the one I did a few years back.
A few years back, November 1995 to be exact, I was telling a friend how I saw
one of the characters in Forever Knight. I ended up telling that person a whole
story, and they asked that I write it down. To this day, I cannot remember who
the friend was nor will any of my friends own up to it, so I cannot attribute my
beginnings to them. So, instead I credit Nigel Bennett for inspiring me to write.
If I had not loved his portrayal of LaCroix so much, I would have never written two
novels with him as the model for my vampires. From there I joined several writers
groups on-line, and a local one here in Denton, the Denton Writers League. I've had
numerous short stories and poems published. I've also worked on the other side as a
Managing Editor and an Arts Editor with an E-publishing house and Editor-In-Chief
with Twilight Times.
I don't want to make a mint at writing. I don't even want to quit my day job to just write.
I write as a release and a way to put down my dreams so they aren't forgotten. My only hope
is that when do finally publish a novel that I'll garner a small following who love and devour
my characters. Does this sound too corny?
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