I've been writing fiction since high school (I'm in my 50s now). I don't count the grade school scribblings as writing, even though it was, of course, the precursor to what I'm doing now. I mean writing for fun and with the intention of learning how to do it well enough to DO something with it one day. I now make an income with fiction, write under multiple pen names, and have amassed a HUGE collection of information about writing, publishing, and marketing fiction.

Hopefully, other writers will find it informational and inspirational too.