I began really writing and enjoying it in the 9th grade. I had an exceptional teacher, Mrs. Browne, who I still go to lunch with from time to time. It was thought that I had cancer when I was 25 and it scared me to death. Well, not literally, but it was scary and I thought of the things I wanted to accomplish. Writing a novel was one of them. I started writing and seven, yes, seven years later, I finished. No cancer and a book that I was afraid to let go of. Life brought me an angel, Burgandy. She was the first "adult" to read my book in the rough and she loved it so much, she pus more...