Newbie Question #14

14. How & why did you become a writer

"Why" is a lot easier to answer: I became a writer because I write, which is to say that there's a pretty high percentage that I'd be writing stories right now even if I had never sold that first professional piece (or, god forbid, never sold another one again.)

Hopefully, that's the reason you're a writer too. Because if you're in it for the fame, the glory, or the wads of cash you imagine you'll be getting, you're going to be wildly disappointed. I mean ...