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Women of Distinction

ver the years I have what the biggest mistakes were
conducted hundreds that new writers make? After
Oof interviews and have several ‘good rejections’ with
met some of the most impres- encouragement to try submit-
sive and accomplished women ting in the future, she finally
from all walks of life. I must decided to go with a small
say that meeting and having
the opportunity to speak with
Catherine Bybee is now among
one of my top experiences.
Catherine Bybee has ac-
complished what every person
who dares to call themselves
a writer hopes to accomplish.
The genres might differ, but
whether you are a romance
writer, nonfiction writer,
poet, or any sort of writer, the
ultimate dream is to be able to
share your creative works with
the world. Catherine has done
this in 36 published books,
with more on the way.
She has been praised for Photos courtesy of Catherine Bybee
her work, as demonstrated in
her standing as a #1 Wall Street
Journal, Amazon, and an Indie Catherine
Reader bestselling author.
Catherine’s books have also
graced The New York Times
and USA Today bestsellers lists.
She has collectively sold more BYBEE
than 8 million copies and has press and her first book was
had her books translated into published. This encouraged
more than twenty languages. By Judith A. Habert Catherine, and writing became
So how do you get to her full-time pursuit. So fast
this place in life? How do forward a couple of years, and
you achieve the heights that Catherine remained in the around and knew that I had to Catherine had 9 books under
Catherine has achieved? nursing profession for twenty do something.” her belt and decided it was
Born in California, her family years. “Writing was never on Catherine had played with time to focus on the voice she
moved to Washington State my radar. I've always been an the idea of writing a book. “I had created, a more contempo-
when she was very young. She incredible storyteller. I just sat down a couple of times and rary voice. She targeted Harle-
went to high school there, but didn't think I had it in me to wrote stuff down. This time quin Romance, and the editor
just four days after graduation physically write them down.” It I completed my first book. It turned down her book, WIFE
Catherine jumped in her car was actually a turn of fate that had a beginning, a middle, BY WEDNESDAY. “When I
and headed back to California changed her life and her future. and an end. Things happened got the rejection, I'm like, well,
to achieve her dream. Not as “It was a busy, understaffed in between. I knew it was maybe I will just self-publish.
a bestselling author. At this day in the emergency room. I horribly written, and I knew So, I did.” This is the book that
point in her life, she dreamed was transferring a patient from that nobody would ever read was her breakout novel and has
of stardom and went out to a wheelchair to a gurney. She that book.” Perhaps it was the led her on a path that currently
Hollywood to become the next grabbed a hold of me. We both fact that Catherine was so hard consists of 36 books and her
Academy Award recipient. went down and my prognosis on herself that has led to her incredible success.
“When I tired of waitressing, after this accident was not success. She immediately put “It was great. It was an
I took a long hard look at my good. It was going to take sev- her book aside and started amazing, amazing time in
life and decided it was time to en years and two surgeries for writing another book. This my life because everything
go back to school.” Catherine me to get better. It was during time she decided she would changed so dramatically in two
pursued nursing. this time that I tired of sitting be prepared. She researched short months after that book

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