Some of her books require more research than others. She perseveres because she enjoys what she does. Even though she has sold millions of copies of her books, Bybee has days where she doubts herself and her process, especially during periods of significant personal turmoil. The author’s journey has been far from smooth. Fortunately, she had a word processor with a spell-check function. She couldn’t even trust her spelling capabilities. Her journey to publishing success was long because, by her own admission, she knew nothing about writing or publishing. In the seven years that followed, she underwent several back surgeries. Bybee was helping a patient out of a wheelchair when she fell. Her nursing career only ended because an accident injured her back.

The author worked in busy emergency rooms in Southern California that fed her imagination. When she abandoned her acting dreams and enrolled in nursing school, she had no idea that her new role as a registered nurse would prepare her for a career in publishing. She promised herself that she would become one of the many authors in the genre she admired so much. At the time, she was consuming copious amounts of romance. The author started fantasizing about publishing as a potential career in high school. After waiting tables for longer than she expected, Bybee went back to school. But her dreams of achieving stardom did not materialize. She has credited the genre for saving her life on more than one occasion.Īt some point, she moved to California to become an actress. They gave her an escape from the traumatic events of her childhood. Though, she survived those difficult times and graduated high school.

Doing it over by catherine bybee