Questions and Answers

  Q.          When did you start writing?

 A.            I started writing during my teaching years 

         and had articles published in educational

         journals.  These successes made me more

         interested in writing as a career.  Over time,

         the pull of writing was greater than the pull

         of teaching.

Q.          Was it hard to leave teaching?

 A.             Leaving teaching was really hard because I

         loved it so much.  But I realized that I had

         done all I could with teaching and it was

         time to move on.  That didn’t stop me from

         driving past my school and shedding a few

         tears.

Q.          Every writer has some failures.  How have

          you handled yours?

A.            I learned from my failures and tried to see

         the manuscript from a reader’s viewpoint. 

         Over time, I learned to turn failure into

         success.  Failure helped me to improve my

         writing skills and pay attention to

         the reader’s needs.

Q.          A lot of people want to be writers.  What

         advice can you give them?

A.             Many people have told me they want to be

         writers and not one of them was writing

         anything.  You can’t wait for lightening to

         strike.  Writers write.  I just sit down in

         front of the computer and start working.

                 My writing has always paralleled my life. 

                 Though I have ideas for future books I   

                 don’t know which ones I will pursue right

                 now.  Writing is a journey for me, with

                 surprising turns, and that’s what makes it so

                 exciting.