I have been writing for as long as I can remember, but each step along the way seems to take me a bit deeper. The first story I remember writing was a twenty-three page story about balloons in kindergarten.  By third grade I was working on a handwritten choose your own adventure story that at least 6 people read.
Once I was out of school I began to get more serious, but I still hoarded my work not allowing people to see it.
A few years ago I decided I needed to actually get seen. I've self published four novels and two  short story anthologies since then. All in the science fiction and fantasy genre and plan to come out with many more over the next few years.