Goodreads asked Pat Garber:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Pat Garber Writing serves, for me, as a kind of therapy. It gives me the opportunity to both engage with and escape the rest of the world. Unless I am writing for a newspaper or magazine, in which case I have a definite topic, guidelines, and remuneration, I write for myself. I write about what I feel; what I believe; what is important to me. If I can share these thoughts with others, I am glad, but if not, I am content to keep them to myself. They might simmer on a back burner for ten or twenty years before finally making themselves to the published page.
Nature is my greatest passion, and writing gives me the opportunity to be an advocate for wildlife and the natural world. It gives me an incentive to learn more of the science and find ways for us all to make better environmental choices.
Much of my work is based on events from my past--memories from childhood and my past experiences. Writing about them allows me to flee from the more painful side of reality. I immerse myself in my past, often losing track of anything else for hours. Sometimes I don't want to re-emerge!
I also enjoy writing fiction. I have published two children's books and one novel, with two more in the works. This is just purely fun as I allow my imagination to run wild, not knowing what will emerge. I look forward to doing more of this.

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