Mary Anne has always known she wanted to be a writer, but she put her aspirations on hold when she married the love of her life and they decided to have a family. Eighteen years and seven wonderful children later she, with the encouragement of family and friends, began to write again. She started by putting together a history of her husband's family, who were among the first settlers of Northwest Florida. This research eventually became the setting of her first novel. When it was finished, she sent it off to be reviewed for possible publishing. Naturally it was rejected, and she put it aside f...