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Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing.

Art, in the first place, has to connect with yourself.

I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age.

I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer, particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that.

Before I began concentrating on writing, in my free time I was an artist, making and selling etchings illustrating stories based on my readings in classical literature.

I was really into writing short fiction and also photography when I was a kid.

I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw.

I started painting when I was in high school.