JUST WRITE! PART ONE

Ever since sixth grade I've wanted to write. I've always been blessed or cursed, depending on how you see it, with a lively imagination. I jumped at a chance to spin a tale for a class assignment. More often than not I was rewarded with an A on the paper.  One day my teacher told me that I should become a writer.  Wow! Did my head swell.  I always planned to start that first novel but it didn't happen.  Don't misunderstand, the stories and outline for stories were constantly going around in my brain.  But life got in the way and that is where they stayed.

I finished high school and went on to nurses' training.  Writing skills were important in charting patient information and class assignments.  My life as a student nurse was filled with stories and ideas for them.  There was never time to write them down.My motto became, "someday I'll write everyday.Nothing will deter me.  That day never came.

II did not finis nurses' training for several reasons.  the main one was that I was not cut out to be a nurse. It wasn't the "blood and gore" or the unpleasant tasks one is required to perform.  As a college guidance counselor remarked, "you took your patients home with you."  This would not have worked for very long.  I made the right decision to go into the Liberal Arts . The major in English had room for several electives.  I chose most of mine in Library Science and Religion. It took only a year and a half of teaching fifth grade to send me to the Library.  I had found my niche and I was off and running.