How long have you been writing? I have been writing my entire life. My first official manuscript was my first book report in the 6th grade. I had trouble learning to read as a child. The thought of an actual book report was terrifying. So, I picked a book out of the library that hadn’t been checked out in decades and made up the whole plot, characters, setting, secondary characters. I’ve been making up books ever since.
What inspired the book you’re promoting? Puzzled Pieces was inspired by my previous job of driving a school bus. I started driving a bus after my husband was laid off. We needed health insurance. It turns out, I loved driving the bus. I did it for three years. The kids were amazing and kept me on my toes.
Where do you write, i.e. an office, outdoors, a coffee shop? I write in my home office. I try to write at coffee shops, but I don’t drink coffee and I spend all my time there eavesdropping on the conversations around me.
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