NRR: Can you share with us how you
got started into writing?
I have two finished manuscripts in
my office closet that I consider practice books for what I’m writing now.
I started writing those books way back in my freshman year of college.
I’d been to the local Waldenbooks looking for something to read, and I couldn’t
find anything. My roommate got tired of hearing me complain about not
having anything to read and told me I should write my own book. So I
did. At that time, I was devouring epic fantasies, so I wrote an epic
fantasy in third person with multiple points of view. Over the years
after college, I wrote two books of what was supposed to be a trilogy (of
course). When I tried to get it published, everyone told me “No, thank
you” or just plain “No.” Thank God. Those books were terrible—and
they still are. My husband doesn’t think so; but Derek is the “Most
Supportive Author Husband Ever” with good reason. ; )
