How did you become a writer? For as long as I can remember, I've had my nose buried in books and my head in the clouds where I imagined characters, quests, and magical worlds. Even though I longed to be a writer, I ended up pursuing a career in law and got my law degree. While I loved the practice of law, the dream of writing never left me. For years my husband kept encouraging me to write, but it was Stephenie Meyer and the Twilight series that really catapulted me into acti

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