Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in a comfortable home built by my father, on a 12 acre hobby farm on a hillside in a small town in rural Ontario, 30 minutes east of the Nation's Capital. By day my dad worked in computing but after hours he was always reading or researching and planning his next big project. I was fortunate to witness and participate in the process from beginning to end -- that's how I learned to become a do-er.
Do you remember the first story you ever wrote?
It wasn't a story -- it was a bio about the Wright Brothers for a fifth grade paper. That's when I first became interested in flying, then started taking lessons when I was 15, soloed at 16 and eventually earned my pilot's license.
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