Goodreads asked Sharon A. Mitchell:

How do you get inspired to write?

Sharon A. Mitchell First, I'm passionate about kids with autism, their families and teachers. I spend time daily in this field, even when on vacation. So, it was easy to combine writing and autism.

Also, I heard so very often from parents and teachers that by the end of the day they were just too exhausted to read textbooks or search the internet for ways to understand and help their kids who were affected by autism. That's where the idea came from to write easy-to-read books that provided insight and showed strategies at play at home and at school.

Initially, it was scary. But after the first rough draft, I was hooked on just how much fun it is to write a novel. VERY different than the academic writing I was used to and even different than the magazine article writing I used to do.

It's mid-September as I write this and I'm excited because in just six weeks, National Novel Writing Month begins and I'll write my next draft. Check out www.nanowrimo.org if you're interested in trying this way of diving into writing.

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