Fisher, 29, is a former nanny and substitute teacher in the Troy schools. While seeking a publisher for her first book, she decided to create her own self-publishing firm, Gypsy Publications, to better control content.
“I really love kids, and I love to write,” she said.
As a former Concord Elementary School student herself, she’s enjoyed substituting there and reading books to the students, especially fourth graders, who still share the world’s innocence, she said.
“I write because I love children and want to instill in them moral lessons,” she said.
Since her book’s November debut, she’s sold more than 300 copies. Her second book, featuring a Troy plane, “Lars the Monkey Flies a WACO Airplane,” will be debuted at a book release party at 6:30 p.m., March 25, at The Caroline, 5 S. Market St. She expects to have a series of four books featuring animal adventures published in November. She is working on a young adult book about a witch who travels through time.
Her husband, Tim, designs the books, and her friend Marla Fair, a Troy novelist and artist, illustrates them. Fisher will be a presenter at a self-publishing book class for adults taught by Marla Fair from 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, 301 W. Main St. The fee is $30. More information on Fisher is at www.gypsypublications.com.
Fisher has also a children’s blog at www.nannymeaghan.blogspot.com, where she posts a new children’s story with a moral lesson every Monday.
She and her husband have two collies, Sadie and Lexi.
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