In the early 1980s, I spent a year working as an assistant at the Elaine Markson Literary Agency.
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After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.
You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher.
I was working for Time-Life Books from 1962 to 1970, as a staff writer, and after that, I was a journalist. Eventually, I became an editor at 'The Saturday Review' and 'Horizon.'
I started writing juvenile novels around 1985. I never really thought of it as a career, but more as a way to make a living.
The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people. I had jobs, too - eleven jobs. I worked at Kinko's, Fatburger, Subway - I was a sandwich artist - and I was a claims processor at Allstate Insurance.
Til 1983, I wrote primarily for other psychologists and expected that they would be the principal audience for my book.
I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.
I worked in videogames for 16 years before writing my first book in 2009.
My first writing job was with a company called TheatreworksUSA.
I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.