How Port Orchards Debbie Macomber almost didnt become a bestselling author

Ask anyone from the southern half of Kitsap County about their most famous neighbor and they likely have a story about best-selling author Debbie Macomber.

Macomber has been a published author for nearly four decades. Her popular series aimed at female readers has inspired television shows, movies, calendars, magazines and more than 100 Hallmark products; her name is a multi-million dollar media brand.

So, it shocks some people to know that as a little girl Macomber was told she would never do well, or that an editor told her to throw her stories in the trash.

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Her story is amazing. When everything is telling you to quit, but you listen to that small still voice in the back of your heart to keep on. Try just one more time. Her story inspires me deeply. To be something after everything tells you you’re not, just quit.