I worked in videogames for 16 years before writing my first book in 2009.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I worked as a writer, lead designer, and creative director in the game industry.
I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.
I didn't start writing my own books until I was 40.
I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.
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.
For 10 or 11 years, I had my kids, I wrote four or five books, and I was working all the damn time.
I started playing video games, and in 1978 I discovered Dungeons & Dragons and started game-mastering and writing my own adventures and creating my own worlds.
I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.
I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book.
I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since the nineties.