I'm Elsie Maddox. (For a long time I was tastethekiss. For a short time I was Nora Westman.) All of this work is still my own and I still retain my rights.

I love reading. I love writing, when I make the time and have the inspiration. I love reading what other people create. I love supporting and encouraging others. That's why I'm here.

Additionally, I love Jesus, orange juice, the New York Yankees, my teddy bear, and big hugs. :)

PS: Please don't steal other people's work. It's rude and could actually get you into legal trouble. Plus it means that people take their stuff off of fictionpress and that really stinks.

"Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything good."
—William Faulkner

"You may not be a Picasso or Mozart but you don't have to be. Just create to create. Create to remind yourself you're still alive. Make stuff to inspire others to make something too. Create to learn a bit more about yourself."
-Frederick Terral

"Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes."
—Jacques Barzun

“One nice thing about putting the thing away for a couple of months before looking at it is that you start to appreciate your own wit. Of course, this can be carried too far. But it's kind of cool when you crack up a piece of writing, and then realize you wrote it. I recommend this feeling.”
-Steven Brust, fantasy writer