Weis recalled, "Of course, my mother knew I was going to starve with such a worthless degree" so her mother got her a job as a proofreader at a small publishing company in neighboring Kansas City, Missouri. There, she ascended to editor, learned all about the book industry, and found an agentcrediting the job as an unusually good start for an author. She started writing for the low-paying juvenile book market by appealing to librarians with her high quality, well researched books. From 1972 to 1983 she worked for Herald Publishing House as advertising director and subsequently as director of Independence Press, Herald Publishing's trade division from 1981 to 1983.
