Greta Picklesimer

I am a Christian, love Jesus, books, cats and coffee pretty much in that order.

My debut novel, Second Chance at Happiness, an inspirational historical romance, is available from my publisher, Ambassador International or Amazon.

I love the thought of writing. But putting words on the page is sometimes hard unless my characters are talking to me or each other. Then it becomes easy. All I have to do is follow where my characters lead and record it.

I started writing when I was eight. I wrote short, one-act plays that were poorly written. I studied photojournalism in college combining my love of photography and writing. After graduation I worked as a freelance photographer for various small newspapers in my home state of Michigan. I was given an opportunity to write feature stories about area businesses and their owners. I was soon hired as a reporter for a small daily newspaper.

I didn't start writing romance novels until I read one back in 2016 by a well-known, best-selling author. After finishing the book, I thought that I could write one just as bad, so, I did.

My first romance novella was a disaster. I really did fulfil my dream of writing something just as bad as the best-selling author. That novella won't see the light of day.

My second foray into romance writing was because of National Novel Writing Month--NANOWrMo. During the month of November, participants are to write a 50,