Julie Ann Toomey lives in McKinney, Texas.
| What are some names of the books or other media you have created? |
| Failure to Thrive – My Journey to Mental Health – published 2018 Through the Eyes of a Friend – coming soon! |
| What inspired you to become a creator of media? |
| I’ve always needed to write. I write in my journal a lot and it’s an outlet for me when something crazy in my life happens. It also helps me get all of the words in my head out! |
| What has been the highlight of your career so far? |
| Publishing my autobiography. |
| What advice do you have for someone just starting out in your field? |
| Keep going! Keep creating! It will be amazing! |
| What keeps you inspired in your daily creative work? |
| I don’t know. If I don’t write, I feel like something is missing. I also like to connect with my friends on social media and have writing sprints, which helps me get the words down on paper. |
| In what ways do you feel you have been able to be a voice for good in your creative pursuits? |
| I’m a HUGE advocate for mental health. My second book, Through the Eyes of a Friend, is about my friend who committed suicide. I hope that it will help people with those kinds of thoughts to rethink that choice, to realize how much they are loved, even when they don’t understand why. |
| You can learn more about Julie Ann and her creative work at: |
| julieann.toomey.org |