Royce Murcherson holds a Ph.D. in English specializing in rhetoric, composition, and comparative literature. Currently, she is a professor of English at Richland College, Dallas, Texas for seventeen years. Her teaching areas are American and African-American literature, creative writing, composition, and business writing. Her interests include the literary genre of magical realism, Eastern philosophy, and Jungian psychology. Having spent several years in the business world prior to teaching literature and writing, Royce has recently published an instructional book, The Guide to Persuasive Business Writing: A New Model that Gets Results. Royce is also a guest blogger for the Business and… Office Systems Support School at Richland College.