I don't remember when I didn't make up stories. I wasn't a liar except for a few lies told during childhood, but I guess it could be argued that fiction writers are creative liars. We write the lies that people want to read, at least some do, knowing up front that what they are reading is false. We just let readers know upfront; this is fiction, a creative lie. I think I was inspired to write from a very early age. After my mother died when I was a little boy, the one co