Getting in on the ground floor…

In my old day-job, the projects where I was most comfortable were those where I got in on the ground floor. In other words, I was in it from the start, analyzing the data available and initiating its theoretical explanation.

I couldn’t do that with writing. I’d decided long ago to postpone my storytelling in order to put food on the table for my family, just like my father had done before me with his painting. Few people can make a decent living in arts and crafts, and my parents had taught m...