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I Wrote For Years Before I Was Ever Published, And I Don't Think I Could Ever Stop. That Said, I Was Also A Veterinarian Before I Sold My First Book, And I Still Volunteer My Time To Help With Animal Welfare Causes. So That Is A Career I Would Be Happy To Return To - While Still Secretly Writing Strange Stories Back In My Doctor's Office.

I Do Have An Office Where About 70 Percent Of My Writing Gets Done, But Sometimes It Does Get A Bit Stir-crazy To Be Cooped Up In There, So I'll Grab My Laptop And Write Somewhere Else: Another Room In The House, Out On The Patio, Or Even Heaven-forbid, A Trip To Starbucks. But I Also Write On The Road.

Always Respect Mother Nature. Especially When She Weighs 400 Pounds And Is Guarding Her Baby.

The Turning Point Was When I Hit My 30th Birthday. I Thought, If Really Want To Write, It's Time To Start. I Picked Up The Book How To Write A Novel In 90 Days. The Author Said To Just Write Three Pages A Day, And I Figured, I Can Do This. I Never Got Past Page 3 Of That Book.

The Truth Is Often One's Best Shield.