== For X ==
I wrote my first novel in a hospital parking lot, twenty minutes at a time, between night shifts. I told Second Shift how that actually worked.

== For LinkedIn ==
I wrote the first draft in a hospital parking lot.

For two years, every break on a night shift went to the book. Twenty minutes at a time, in the car, engine off. Nobody at work knew. I just looked tired.

On Second Shift, the host asked what nursing taught me about writing. The honest answer is listening. You learn to hear what a patient is not saying, and that turned out to be dialogue.

The full conversation is episode 42 of Second Shift.

== For Instagram ==
I wrote my first novel in twenty-minute breaks between night shifts. I told Second Shift how.
