It took me a year to write and finish Saving Sunflower. It didn’t seem like such a long time while I was writing but one day in late September while in a frustrated rage I turned to my fiancé and said, “I’ve been working on this book for a year and it’s still not finished!” 
Just like Claudette and Dominic, I had gone through several ups and downs while writing their story. I probably have about five different drafts of Saving Sunflower. It had been years since I’d written anything before I t...