Finding My Inner Sweater Girl

  I've been writing for decades now, everyday since I learned to write my own name. I even thought of pursuing my MFA in Creative Writing. At one university I was asked, "What genre of fiction do you write, Sara?"

  Throughout my career as an English major I encountered several authors. James Baldwin was known for examining differences between race, class and sex. Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner were known for writing Southern Gothic shorty stories; F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for writing The Great American Novel.

  But as a writer I didn't know where I fit in. I would usually write from first or third person point of view. I even dabbled with the omniscient perspective to challenge myself. I realized that I loved to write but I wasn't at home being a writer. I wasn't completely Sara. Still, there has been one place where I had everything figured out and I knew exactly who I was.

  Ever since I had my first photo shoot I felt at ease. I had studied poses, other famous pinups and everything clicked. The first photographer I ever worked with said I was so photogenic, she didn't want to stop taking pictures of me. The second photographer said I made his job easy, it was a pleasure to work with me.

 I love writing and reading literature, a big part of me always will. I love sharing my voice through my own eyes. It works out best when I'm in front of the camera, letting a photographer capture my story. I love the glitz, the glam, the girdles, the makeup and the pin curls that are in my hair right now! Writing is what I love, but a pinup is who I am.

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