Sawtelle, Pat: - In 2008 Pat's mind began shoving out images, scenes, and words. She hoped putting them on paper would make them stop. However, when you turn on the water, it just keeps coming and so did the words. Moving from spiral notebooks to a computer allowed the words to form more efficiently. In a short 5 1/2 years she wrote the fifteen novels that would form the Chalice Princess series. Ready to get her feet wet in the publishing world she signed with a local speculative publisher. In November 2016, they brought the first book to life (Chalice Moon) and she began to learn the world of publishing. Working with the author team she led a two-year "giving back" program called It's All About Writing. Appearing in local libraries the group taught and recorded videos to share what we'd learned with other budding writers. While writing short stories and editing the Chalice Princess series, the millennials in her life peppered her with life challenges as they began moving from their parent's homes and college dorms into apartments and houses. They regularly complained that adulting sucked as they came to see "mom" and grab a banana chocolate chip pecan muffin (yummy). Lessons on making money, paying bills, even how to keep the house clean, poured out as she happily tried to influence this new generation of adults to become organized and efficient. After a few life interruptions, Pat focused on finishing up what would become the two Adulting Doesn't Have To Suck! books to keep the kids in her life happy.