I have always loved story. I drew pictures for stories before I wrote words. I remember most doodling on the margins of the Betty Crocker Cookbook while my mother baked in her blue kitchen. As soon as I could write, I wrote little stories. My first was called Three Dogs for Mollie with my illustrations. I wish I still had it.I chose nursing as a career when I was fourteen, but writing was always my first love. My favorite class in nursing school was creative writing. I have stuck with nursing for thirty plus years, but never gave up on my writing dreams.Learning to chart on lap tops sharpened my poor typing skills enough that I am more at ease writing on a keyboard than with pen and paper now. The whole industry with the internet has opened writing opportunities that I never had before.My oldest daughter in her senior year-seven years ago- wrote her novel. It was in researching and encouraging her to publish that novel, that I started to learn about the publishing path of writing. She never did publish her novel; too hard to put herself out there. But seven years later, I now have two novels published, Summer Triangle and newly released, Main Street.I have two more novels in the works, as they say, that I hope to publish in the next year.I also write a blog, Miss Mollie's Musings at blogspot.I find I want to share my knowledge about this writing journey, self publishing and encouraging writers. We learn so much from stories. Each one, like a life, has a purpose.I am happy to be releasing Country, a Gables and Gingerbread Story in January 2024. Read more about this authorRead less about this author