I'm a retired high school teacher of psychology and sociology. Since high school I have always had a desire to write, but I never did anything about it.  Years later, as I settled into retirement, I realized if I didn't write now I never would. My first attempt was a two act play that I later turned into my first novel. "The Private Lives of Teachers" became my first novel. It told the story of a small group of social studies teachers over a period of a year.