I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.

At some point as adults we cease to be our parents' children and we become our children's parents instead.

Predisposition is not predestination.

You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time.

I'm a bit of a tech geek myself.

I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.

Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.