I'm a 40 something year old woman who masquerades as a government contractor by day. I have always wanted to be a full time writer, at least that sounded good, but I never really knew what that entailed. Once I got a clearer picture of  what full time writing meant, I ran in the opposite direction, but the pen and paper kept calling me back. Nothing else satisfies like writing. It's what I'm meant to do - end of story - or the beginning as the case may be...