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Norris was interested in writing and wrote about a hundred pages of a novel loosely based on herself as a young girl growing up in Arkansas.[8]Still in the early days of their relationship, Norris showed her rough draft to Mailer for his opinion to which he callously responded, "It's not as bad as I thought it would be", causing Norris to put her work aside for the next several decades.[7] Years later, amidst a successful career as a Wilhelmina model and accomplished artist, Norris reshaped her rough draft into her first novel, Windchill Summer, which was published in 2000.[9] Windchill Summer illustrates the challenges of a young girl struggling to grow up in Arkansas during the Vietnam War era.[6] In 2007, Norris followed with the sequel, Cheap Diamonds, a story about a young woman leaving her small town home and moving to New York to become a model in the tumultuous 1970s.[6] Church's last novel was her own memoir, A Ticket to the Circus, published in 2010, explaining that the title described her life with Mailer, his seven children by his other wives, and her own two children: "Well, I bought a ticket to the circus. I don't know why I was surprised to see elephants".[10] Norris’s confident personality allowed her ventures down memory lane to paint a great and vivid and picture of the life she led. She was not ashamed to tell of her embarrassing moments and really liked the fact that her husband “Mailer” found her life entertaining. She clearly embraced her adventure filled life with grace and acceptance.<ref>https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u_1oNOkbDzVEUFrj2joANVxn_cHf_aVc<ref>