Even though I got a late start, first publishing an essay when I was 50 years old, I've since written eight suspense novels.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've been writing since I'm five years old. I've been writing books since high school - junior high, high school. I write every single day. I never thought I'd be published.
I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.
As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something - a belief, a family member, the truth.
Since childhood, I wrote a lot of fiction, a lot of stories, but I most loved writing essays.
I've been writing since I was sixteen. At first, I wrote mostly short stories and poetry. The first thing I ever had published was a poem about a football game. It was printed in my local newspaper.
After starting as a journalist for newspapers and magazines, I began to write books and had success with a novel and four nonfiction books for young adults.
I wrote about four novels before I wrote a word of journalism.
I started writing in my 20s. I just wanted to write, but I didn't have anything to write about, so in the beginning, I wrote entertainments - mainly murder mysteries.
I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.
I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.