I am also fortunate enough to be a successful artist... so I can bounce from writing to painting and come back refreshed and relieved to both endeavors. I love to swim and can't wait for my next dip in the nearby pool or my favorite - a dunk in the ocean during summer!
I have been writing since a very early age - if you count letters... before we were swamped by emails! My first novel, The Rigel Affair, was prompted by my wonder husband/partner Bud, who read the 30 WW2 letters from Charlie to my mother, Mattie. Bud said, "You must write a Book!"