I've always been a storyteller, although for a long time I didn't realize it or embrace it. I spent a lot of years trying to be what I thought people expected and was just miserable. Having always been drawn to writing I took a creative writing class in college, just on a lark really. I turned in my first short story and waited in horror for the reviews. Our professors was very disliked man, with no mercy for anyone who didn't give their best. He actually liked my story and it was the first time I thought seriously about becoming a writer. After college I more...