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There was a part of me that always wanted to be an editor.

I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.

After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.

I worked at all kinds of jobs, mostly commercial editing.

When I first quit my day job, I was terrified. I called my editors and said I'm trying to make a go of this, and they threw every contract at me they could. And for two years, I had a book or an anthology out every month.

I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office.

I think, you know, when you're an actor who's had periods of unemployment, it makes you feel really good to have a job - to say that you're expected somewhere, do you know what I mean?

Honestly, there was a time after I came out that I really did not think I would be working again.

I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since.

It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.