Melanie Luken begins her story by talking about her father, and the bike rides she would take with him to a bell tower. At the bottom of the tower, a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had been etched, and her father would read it aloud to her, though they both knew it by heart.
Her whole life, her father had been quoting the greats and the classics, which in turn caused her to memorize bits and pieces of stories and poems because of the repetition. He influenced her love of writing and reading through his own passion.
He has always supported her and helped her develop as a writer. Melanie wrote that her father helped create a tradition and love of literature that will last her whole life.
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