Myra Nour

I was an LPN for a total of 8 years; became interested in the mind more than the body, and helped put myself through college working as a nurse. Graduated cume laude with a BA in Psychology and MA in Counseling. Until several months before I graduated with my BA, when I met Simon, I was a single mother of two small children.

My Simon has been very supportive about the whole writing process. We both agreed that when our financial circumstances would allow, that I'd quit work and write full-time, and that happened in 1998. I've been very lucky. After 24 years of working in a profession that helped people, I am able to do something for myself - writing.

think it was only because I was so in love with reading. I started writing in 1978, when I hand-wrote one half of Love's Captive, then stored it in a drawer for years. I wrote several short stories during my college years - 1980- 1984 - and came up with many other ideas for short stories and novels... which got jotted down and stuck in that drawer. I finally got serious about my novel in 1997, after I realized 40 had passed me by and I had gotten no closer to my dream of "writing my novel one day."

I love doing many things with my husband and best friend, Simon; going antiquing; camping; dancing; to the movies; out to dinner; going to the beach; and sharing time, jokes, talking, and sex with hubby. I also enjoy beautiful sunsets, nature, walking trails in the woods or mountains, and walking or biking in the park. I also like painting landscapes or animals, but haven't had time to do so in years.