It’s what I have always loved doing. 

As a kid, my parents sometimes had to make me go outside and play. Left to my own devices, I would have happily spent all day writing stories about the adventures of pirates and ghosts, and illustrating each page with elaborate drawings. 

My parents never discouraged my writing, art, or any form of creativity... they were tremendously supportive. But, they were also wise enough to know that kids should go outside and ride a bike or climb a great big tree once in a while, even if they periodically needed to be prodded out the door to do it. If I’m honest, I’m grateful — it was a pretty sweet life, in spite of any interruptions to my writing regimen.

Later in life I had a successful career as a serious creative professional at a great big serious coffee company in Seattle, where I remained highly over-caffeinated and extremely busy for a little over two decades. I made some cool friends and I had some cool adventures, but those are tales for another time.

These days, I’m back to spending my time writing books and drawing pictures.

I do still enjoy playing outside, though, these days, I generally try to stay out of the trees.