 She then spent eight years working as a manufacturing manager for Procter & Gamble making disposable diapers and toilet tissue.After reading the novel "Tears of Gold" by Laurie McBain, Jordan began dreaming of writing her own stories.After attending a goal-setting workshop with the theme "Do it now -- don't wait until you're too old to explore your dreams," Jordan went home and began writing one of her ideas down in long-hand.