I have read science fiction and fantasy for decades. Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, Tolkien, Andre Norton, Steven R. Donaldson are my favorite authors.
 

I wrote the first children's book as a compilation of stories I'd made up for my kids when they were young, about a mystical mythical island. I've been a storyteller of the oral tradition for many years and just recently started writing down all the jumbled stories and books in my head that were itching to get out.