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.
Website & Social Media:
Website ➜ www.nursedorothea.com
Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095060389625
Interview:
Tell us about your book! What inspired you to write it?
The title is Nurse Dorothea presents Why Coping Skills Work and What are Some That Can Be Done Anytime and Anywhere. The Nurse Dorothea series focuses on mental health in an engaging way. The nurse in the book speaks directly to readers in order for them to participate along with the characters in the book. We want people to be active readers and to engage in new skills to help them cope with stress. We publish a new Nurse Dorothea book every 5 weeks: www.nursedorothea.com.
How did you choose the title for your book? Did it come to you right away, before you started writing it, or did it come later?
It came right away as do all of my titles.
Tell us about the cover design process. Did you have a basic idea of what your book cover would be like?
I give a lot of freedom to my illustrators and I have a great working relationship with Lindsay Roberts, the sole illustrator for the Nurse Dorothea series. The top of the front cover is the title, author and illustrator name. The bottom two thirds is the art the Lindsay chooses for the cover based on the topic.
Who is your cover designer and how did you find him/her?
I met Lindsay through a Facebook ad I created as I was seeking illustrators to join my Nurse Florence® series about medical education for kids.
What has been the readers’ response to your cover?
People enjoy the colors and creativity.
What tips would you give to authors who are looking for a cover designer?
Find a good collaborator and give your illustrator freedom to do what he or she is best.
Anything else you’d like to say about your book?
If society wants something we have never had, we’re going to have to do something that has never been done. This is the slogan for the series which is soon to be trademarked. Read the Nurse Dorothea books and interact them so that we can achieve something we have never had as a society.
Nurse Dorothea Presents Why Coping Skills Work and What Are Some That Can Be Done Anytime and Anywhere is available at Lulu.
