Where I'm At, Part 1: My Background as a Writer

A question I'm increasingly being asked is: What were the steps I went through to get to where I'm at right now, particularly concerning my book deal? So I thought it would be an appropriate subject for this blog, coming at you in four parts.

Part 1: My Background as a Writer

I've always known I wanted to be a writer (in an "autobiography" I wrote at the age of five, I believe there was talk of wanting to be a writer when I grew up…or a "scientist of caterpillars"). I loved writing short, bizar...