Dave and the Borrowers

A Writer's Life for Me: Our discussion with Author Micki Bare

Episode Summary

So, working in a library, we’re aware that there are many people out there in the world who write books. We read books and we often love the stories within them, but we rarely stop and think about what it must be like to actually write a story and put it out there for public consumption. It seems an incredibly personal and intimate thing: people are going to read the things that you came up with, the characters you love, the tales that your mind and heart forged through your own life experiences. Enter Micki Bare: A graduate of NC State University, she is the author of three early-reader chapter books. She wrote a weekly human-interest column for 18 years, and had articles published in Thrive Magazine, Piedmont Parent, and Our State. Her career in education spans more than three decades, with service as a teacher, administrator and marketing director. She currently teaches sixth-grade English language arts and social studies. Her first middle grade novel, Society of the Sentinelia, was published May 27, 2022. It is the first of five books in the Zahra of the Uwharries series. Micki says she loves to garden, read, cook, travel, and hike. She and her husband reside in Asheboro, NC. Micki has had the writing bug since she was a small person, and believes that writing stories and storytelling are essential to how she interprets the world. With such a busy CV, she might agree with what John Lennon once said, “life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans,” and Micki can certainly attest to that. A full-time working Mom, Wife and Daughter, she has always made time to nurture her passion, no matter what life throws at her…

Episode Notes

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