Lily asked Amber Gabriel:

Did you always want to be published or was there a point in time where you simply wanted to write for the sake of writing?

Amber Gabriel It's strange, but I don't know if I ever thought about publishing a book until after I had written one. My aunt, grandmother, and father are published authors, and one of my teachers told me I would write a book one day, but all I ever wanted to be was an artist and/or missionary. I taught overseas and went to Bible College, I have painted several large, public murals and other works of art, and I am now a 4th grade math and science teacher. However, I have always told myself stories to go to sleep. After a long struggle with insomnia, I eventually started writing the stories down and ended up with a full-length novel. Only when I finished it did I wonder, "What do I do with it now?"!

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