![]() Then my last seven years before retirement, writing snuck in like a welcome surprise. I was passionate about teaching and lived and breathed it most of my life as a fourth grade teacher. No, I did not always want to be a writer! Writing is hard. Question 2: Did you always want to be a writer? Tell us a little bit about your writing journey. What a wonderful example of being intentional and ever on the look-out for story sparks. I think you were meant to be sitting in that exact spot. I wonder if I hadn’t been in that exact seat or not heard this child’s “You know what?” would I have picked it up somewhere else? I think catching the right story idea is a miracle! ![]() The story wasn’t planned, it came to me like a gift. That day I began brainstorming, more of a cause and effect exercise with every sentence beginning with, “You know what?” But when I returned home and began the real work on that draft, it developed into a conversation between a mother and son where Oliver uses the repeated, “You know what?” to postpone his bedtime. I heard the child in front of me say to his parents, “You know what?” And my fingers immediately started typing a new document. My laptop was on the tray and I was working on a story. So there I was, in August 2014, on an airplane to meet my grandson two days after he was born. I love writing on planes…the confinement, the focus…my mind flies off into its best creative space. ![]() What inspired you to write YOU KNOW WHAT? ![]() Question 1: First of all, welcome, and congratulations on this latest book. ![]()
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