I've been dabbling at writing since I was 10 years old.  Life, as it is wont to do, got in the way for many years but I began to take it seriously again a decade or two ago.  My first novel took me 15 years to realize it would, and should, never see the light of day.  It was my learning novel, that which I cut my writer's teeth on.  My second novel, Stealing The Marbles, was just published by Rebel e Publishers.  I'm nearly finished with my third.