❤Author Interview: Children's Coloring Book Author: Michael Dow #authorinterview

 

Michael Stephen Dow is married to Perla in Arizona and has 3 kids.  Michael was on a path to attend medical school and then the events of September 11, 2001 occurred.  Michael became angry at the terrorists and decided to join the US Air Force.  He went through Officer Training School and then graduated specialized Navigator training to become an Electronic Warfare Officer.  Michael deployed 6 times for the Global War on Terror between 2005 and 2009 with the EC-130H Compass Call mission.  Michael medically retired in 2010 and then became an US Army contractor serving Wounded Warriors and ensuring they received all of their entitled benefits for 8 years.  Michael always had a love for science and the human body so he then used his GI bill to go through nursing school and graduated in August 2020.  Michael now works as a Registered Nurse at an inpatient psychiatric hospital.  Michael’s education is as follows: B.A. in Psychology from Auburn University in 1999, B.S. in Biology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2001, M.S. in Management from Troy University in 2010, Masters in Health Administration from the University of Phoenix in 2017, and M.S. from the University of Arizona in 2020 through its 15 month accelerated Masters Entry to the Profession of Nursing program.  Michael is the Founder and Manager of Dow Creative Enterprises, LLC.  His books have garnered the Silver Nautilus Book award in 2020 (Nurse Florence, Help I’m Bleeding) and an Award-Winning Finalist in the Religion category for the 2021 International Book Awards (A Prayer to Our Father in the Heavens: Possibly the Greatest Jewish Prayer of All Time).  Michael believes we will need the best of science and religion to successfully navigate ourselves, our civilization, through the future obstacles we will face.  More information can be found at www.DowCreativeEnterprises.com and www.NurseFlorence.org.  Nurse Florence® is a federally registered trademark by Dow Creative Enterprises.  The Nurse Florence® series seeks to promote science and health among children and to help increase the health literacy levels of our society.  With teamwork, inclusion, faith and perseverance, we can bravely face our problems and help each other reach our better selves as well as our best collective good.

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What attracted you to the children's book genre?

My mom said many years ago, after she saw my love of writing, that if I ever became successful, it would probably be due to a kids book.  During the beginning of COVID, I was very concerned about my children’s online education and thought, “What if I write a science

book series and my kids have to read it because dad wrote it.”  The Nurse Florence series was born and the first published in Sep 2020.  As of June 2024, there are now 92 original Nurse Florence titles with coloring books, beginning readers edition, language translations and special editions like for the visually impaired.  We plan to publish around 500 original titles in that series.

Do you write in any other genres?

Yes.  Dow Creative Enterprises has published a scripture comparison series where we look at language translations for famous verses of the bible.  You can visit www.famouspsalm23.com for more info about that.  We have also published a series about life skills.  The first two are about weight and financial management.  You can visit www.skillsforcivilization.com for more info about those.  Nurse Dorothea has started published as of 29 May 2024.  That series is targeted towards teenagers and is about mental health.  You can visit www.NurseDorothea.com for more info.  We plan to publish a new book every 5 weeks in that series.

What inspired you to write Nurse Florence for Beginning Readers Coloring Book: Why is Chicken Healthy to Eat?

I thought it was important for people to know that eating chicken can be healthy.  I found some great research documents that support eating chicken. 

Can you give us your book blurb so others can find out what your book is about?

This is a health book series meant to help kids take their first steps in their journey of healthy living.  A friendly nurse, Nurse Florence, guides three girls named Jean, Condi, and Sonia as they ask questions about their body and how to live healthier.  The title character, Nurse Florence, is in honor of Florence Nightingale, the pioneer of modern nursing.  We hope a new generation of kids get interested in nursing and other health careers.

How can readers discover more about you and your work? 

Please visit www.DowCreativeEnterprises.com for links to all of our works.

Where can readers buy your book?

The printer sells it directly at: https://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-dow-and-lindsay-roberts/nurse-florence-for-beginning-readers-coloring-book-why-is-chicken-healthy-to-eat/paperback/product-kv8zez9.html?q=chicken+healthy&page=1&pageSize=4
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