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Published September 14, 2011, 12:00 AM

An ‘in-the-closet’ writer finds her confidence

“I write because I love to write – not because I have to,” Alexandria’s Becky Cox, author of Tommy the Timid Turtle, said. “When my kids are 14 and 16, I want them to be able to say, ‘My mom is a writer’.”

By: Caroline Roers, Alexandria Echo Press

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