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She believes that it has adapted to the demands of her career. Novak’s imagination has never disappointed her. She started training her imagination, giving it additional depth so that it would respond to her call with captivating characters, plots, and settings whenever the need arose. Once that first novel was done, Novak realized that she couldn’t rely on random coincidences to inspire her.

This compelled the author to give her book a historical setting because the caste system that was so rife centuries ago would allow her to create interesting emotional conflict. It jumped into her brain one random day.Īs she considered the words, she realized that she wanted to tell a story that would explore the root of nobility. Interestingly enough, the title for ‘Of Nobel Birth’ was the first thing that came to her. ‘Of Noble Birth’ was the first book she sold. This is why she encourages aspiring authors to read. She learned to tell stories by reading books. It took her five years to hone her craft. Novak did not have any formal training as a creative writer. She was reading ‘A Knight in Shining Armor’ by Jude Deveraux when she started wondering whether she could write stories similar to the ones Jude had penned. As such, Novak did not have much in the way of opportunities that would allow her to work from home. But she was still determined to contribute to her home’s financial situation.Īt the time, the internet was still in its infancy.

She decided that she would stay home and look after them. The author was wracked with guilt because she had left her children in the care of the wrong person when they were still so vulnerable. Even more disturbing was the fact that the daycare provider was using this tactic so she could watch TV. When she realized, later on, that the daycare provider in question was using cough syrup and Tylenol to put her children to sleep, Novak was furious. Because her children were still young, she had to leave them in the hands of a daycare provider. For a time, she made her living from commercial real estate.