It started with poetry, but quickly progressed to fiction.

This was my first foray into a dark YA novel; finished when I was about 18.  In hindsight, it missed the mark a bit, but gave me the drive to create more long form fiction.

Then, in 2016, I had the bright idea to write a book a short stories.

I rushed through it; writing sometimes thousands of words per day.

I sold about 100 copies.  However it gave me the impetus to keep writing.  I took the stories that I had developed, as well as all of my writing from over the years.  This all became the basis for a whole overarching fictional universe.