This week I celebrated the one-year anniversary of my website. I wrote this post last November before my site went live.
In the past couple of months, a question I’ve heard often is, “How does a mathematics major become a fiction writer?” Possibly a better question is, “How does a fiction writer become a mathematics major?”
Growing up, I took an interest in stories long before I found my niche in math. My sister and I would lie awake at night collaborating on adventures in large houses with secret passageways. We often ended up in an ice cream parlor and would stuff ourselves until we fell off to sleep.
In elementary school I wrote my first fictional book. “The Dog That Had Kittens.” At the time, I didn’t understand anything about genetics or the impossibility of my topic.
My interest in math didn’t emerge until my freshman year of high school. I loved Algebra and enjoyed the challenge. The teacher made the class fun and encouraged me to do my best. Then in college, I turned my love for math into a teaching degree and taught middle school and high school for ten years.
Also while in college, my love for writing progressed. I looked forward to my creative writing class and penned a few fun stories. I experienced a heightened awareness of literature and poetry. Being an odd sort of person anyway, I loved to answer essay questions. One of my English professors made a comment one day about me being an English major. I corrected her assumption and surprised her at the same time.
What can I say? I enjoy both!
The Lord gives us many talents to use for His glory and to serve one another. Is there something you enjoy that perhaps God wants you to use to honor Him?
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