Near the end of my first week as a freshman at Montana State University, my English teacher, Mr. Verne Dusenberry, sought me out after class. "I'm starting a new section of this class," he said. "There won't be any exams and you won't be graded on your writing. Also, we will meet only once a week, and everyone in the class will get an automatic A. Are you interested ?" Out of laziness I agreed to be in the new section of the class. Only years later did I realize what a gift I'd received. Mr. Dusenberry taught me to love to write! How did I come to write my first novel "Charly"? In a church assignment I was interviewing a young woman about her personal goals. She turned to me and asked, "Do you have any goals?" I had to admit I didn't. But within a few days I sat down and wrote:. "I will write a novel by March." That novel was "Charly" which has sold thousands of copies and been made into a movie. I've been going at this since then. Of the thirty some novels I've written more than a million copies have been sold.