I got the writing bug when I was in my teens. Having slipped in with a new group of friends who introduced me to fantasy and science fiction, I was hooked, and the only thing better than reading great books was trying to write them, emulating my favorite authors.
I took courses on writing and literature in college and even scored a gig with a gaming company to put together an index for Palladium Books. The publication of the first led to a second, but then the fiction side of things took over and I tried my hand at novels. In 2008 I hooked up with the Wolf Pirate Project and got a real taste of editing and writing on a schedule and under deadline--best writing experience of my life!
Ever since I've been pounding out novels and more recently, short stories. It's a life long endeavor that's never going away.