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I never set out to be a published writer.

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.

I never wrote my books especially for children.

I never wanted to be a writer.

I never intended to become a writer.

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

I wrote eight full-length adult novels in my twenties. None of them were published.

When I was young and beautiful, I never appeared on the cover of a magazine.

I published only in academic journals in philosophy until I was in my 40s, but I had been writing fiction and poetry my whole adult life - without ever once trying to publish it, and rarely letting anyone read it.

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.