I have been writing for a long time: poetry since High School and much later I was Director of Advertising and Public Relations for a small bank chain. Part of my duties was to write press releases and to be editor of the House Organ. I interviewed staff and Directors, took pictures and pasted up the newsletter monthly, which was printed and distributed to employees and Directors. I started writing a short story when I was around 21 but never finished it. I translated a Japanese novel, with a partner, into English which was later published in Japan. I helped a writer with his novel, editing, etc. which was published and became a movie.