The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now.
My education and background thoroughly inform my writing
Change is the very fabric of our time.
The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.
If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.
If you have other things in your life-family, friends, good productive day work-these can interact with your writing and the sum will be all the richer.