I've been making up stories since I was about ten.  Some of the stuff that I wrote then wasn't half bad for a kid.  When I was eighteen, I found myself suddenly writing a story that just blew up in my head one day.  I ended up having it hastily published the following year.  Though it didn't sell very well (it's still available by the way), I learned a lot from the experience.  These many years later, I've published two more books (probably a little hastily as well), a couple short stories, several reviews, and a comic book mini series that I'm especially proud of.  I've met and interacted with a lot of people in the business of writing, and I've found that it's something I really enjoy. I write because I like to tell my stories; but not just any stories.  I like stories that have a twist, and I especially enjoy unexpected endings.  But the ending has to work with several plot points throughout the story that pull together to make the ending.  It's like building a puzzle that you want to stump someone with.  I've got a ton of these stories brewing in my head, but finding the time to put them down on paper is the chore.