Back when the author was the school librarian at Little Elementary School in Arlington, Texas, she started writing and publishing books for children. She had completed her master's and PhD in Library Science from Texas Woman's University while working full time, and when she finally finished, she had such well-honed time management skills that she found herself with free time. Within five years, she had written and published five books. In this article, the author describes how she became an author and highlights some of the writing steps.