Something you do over and over again because it's so fulfilling, and you don't mind working hard at it?
Well, that's me with books and writing!
I started writing stories in fourth grade and never stopped.
My Creation Station Join me in my creation station. It's where I connect with readers and create my tales.
Curious about a writerly life?
Want to know what inspires someone to become an author?
Discover my writing journey in the video below.
11 Fun Facts About Catherine
Learn: * Earned my master's degree and post-graduate studies in special education. * Supported students with learning disabilities and on the spectrum from kindergarten to college.
Work: * Supported students with with learning challenges when I was a writing coach at our local community college.
Eat: * Could yum down pizza (mushrooms & spinach), salad, and Rocky Road ice cream for dessert at every meal.
Read: * Started reading before starting kindergarten with old primers my science-teacher father brought home for me. * Devoured Dickens and Sherlock Holmes in middle school. * I'm an audiobooks fanatic, so I never have to dust bookshelves.
Book Love: Eclectic mix: Jennifer Weiner, Beth O'Leary, Sophie Kinsella, Elin Hilderbrand, Katherine Center, Abbey Jimez, Louise Penny, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Anthony Horowitz, Neil Gaiman, Harry Potter, and too many others to list
Watch: Sooooo many favorites! Sleepless in Seattle, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, Notting Hill, When Harry Met Sally, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Big Sick, Moonstruck, Shop Around the Corner, Bringing Up Baby, Philadelphia Story, Down with Love, Serendipity, It Happened One Night, The Holiday
Work Out: * Walk a mile or two every day, Along the beach or woodland trail is THE best. * Practice yoga, lift weights, do cardio intervals and swim laps in the summer at the 'hood pool. * Nephew Randy gets a kick from watching me hula-hooping.
Snap: * Dabble in nature photography with my DSLR camera. (This passion could be in my genes since both my great- and great-great grandfathers were photographers back in the day.)
Camera Cat: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Dig: Get my hands dirty creating, pocket-sized gardens full of color and art for our North Carolina home.
Catherine's curbside fairy garden
Hey, Pinners! Discover more about Cat's writerly life and bookish inspirations on Pinterest.