The Amish Seamstress by Mindy Starns Clark

The decision to begin writing here also worked out well for her husband who was finally stable in his career and could afford to financially support her writing career.ĭespite her boasts that writing allows her to properly mother her children, Mindy will be the first to admit that her writing is a full-time job. According to the author, at 42, she was in the perfect position to begin writing.īy this point, Mindy’s children were still quite young so writing fiction allowed her to not only achieve her publishing dreams but to also stay at home and care for her children. Unlike some of her contemporaries, though, Mindy isn’t regretful about the fact that it took her twenty years to become a fiction author. Of course, none of them were fulfilling because they were hardly the novel she always wanted to write. She sold many manuscripts, a number of them nonfiction and technical in nature.

However, it would be quite a few years before Mindy gained any traction as an author of fiction. Like most aspiring writers, Mindy was sure she would be a bestselling author in no time. That might explain why she chose to pursue English in college, eventually graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in 1982. However, even though she dabbled in writing, it wasn’t until she entered college that Mindy began seriously contemplating the notion of pursuing a career as an author. This desire for storytelling grew in high school. Once she finished playing and put her toys away, Mindy would take pen and paper and write down all the stories her Barbies had just experienced. If that doesn’t sound so drastically different from the behavior of other kids her age, Mindy took things a bit further. At six years of age, Mindy remembers playing with her Barbies and taking them through all sorts of adventures. Mindy Starns Clark’s desire for storytelling began when she was really young. The Christian author often speaks about the role her faith has had in her life. Mindy Starns Clark is a bestselling author best known for the Million Dollar Mysteries and the Smart Chick Mysteries.

The Amish Seamstress by Mindy Starns Clark