I began writing in my youth. My first completed novel was a science fiction that I wrote in my twenties. I tore it up after it was rebuked by one publisher.
My second book was a horror novel. This was my Stephen King era. It's in a drawer in our spare bedroom.
My third book I wrote in my forties. I was a librarian then, working in a public library where one of my duties was as a children's librarian. That year the summer reading program featured fantasies. I painted a series of dragons from children's books to help advertise it. Meanwhile, at home, I wrote a f more...