Welcome to my Second Acts Series!
Today, we have Kassandra Lamb sharing her remarkable transformation from psychotherapist to mystery writer.
Here’s Kassandra!
Act One
I think I was eleven the first time someone said I should be a psychologist when I grew up. I was stunned. “Why?” I asked.
“Because you’re a good listener,” my friend replied.
I shook my head in confusion. I was the kid whose older brother had dubbed Chatty Kassie. Indeed, everybody teased me for being a non-stop talker. How could I be a good listener when I never shut up?
From middle school on, I had dabbled with writing poems and short stories, losing myself in my own imagination. I shudder now at how awful those early writing attempts were, but still, I tried. In high school, I toyed with the idea of being a writer, or perhaps a translator of others’ fiction. I loved…
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