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AN AUTHOR AND HER HIGHER CALLING
BIO:
Linda began pursuing her passion in wildlife conservation and rehabilitation, which now spans eleven years, as a volunteer at the Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter (OWLS) in Morehead City, North Carolina. State certified for wildlife rehabilitation, she actively educates the public regarding wildlife issues and continues her involvement at OWLS, working clinic in rehabilitation, rescue, mentoring new volunteers and facilitating tour groups. She is past President of the Wildlife Rehabilitators of North Carolina and currently serves on the board. Linda is concerned with the loss of wildlife habitat due to progressive development throughout the United States and proactively seeks support for the protection and stewardship of America's extraordinary natural resources. A staunch
advocate for animal rights, Linda resides in eastern North Carolina with her husband, John and their four, indoor only, cats; Kitty, Pearl, Cybill and Seven. A retired U.S. Marine, she holds a Masters of Science degree in educational psychology and teaches curriculum psychology courses, as well as, designs soft skill / hard skill industry training for new and existing businesses for the North Carolina Community College System. In and among teaching, cutting seabirds loose from gill nets, raising orphaned infant squirrels, opossums, cottontails and transporting injured ducks, hawks, otters and turtles for rehab, she writes.
BookHomestead (BH): Linda, can you tell us when you started your writing career?
Linda : I started writing stories and poetry as a child, around 10 I believe, without being conscious, in an adult way, of what I was doing and what it could lead to. Writing wasn’t something I always told myself I wanted to do, nor was I encouraged to do it. I just kept coming back to it. The need to put my experiences and feelings on paper and archive them seemed important to me. The more passion I felt about something, the more I talked about it and needed to write about it. Then I found myself in situations that required me to write, such as working on the school newspaper or yearbook, and later in my professional careers (military and teaching). I found people enjoyed or could relate to what I wrote. When I started sharing my written work, things started to grow into requests from others to write an article for their newsletter or a position paper for this or that committee. When I kept repeating the rescue stories from the wildlife shelter, someone said, “you should write a book,” and that’s how my novel, “Save Them All” came to be.
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