George Stephen may refer to: (wikipedia)
I've devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don't have to depend on writing fiction for my income.
During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I was at home playing on the computer, so I made myself treat writing like a job.
When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing.
Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural.
For each book, the time is also broken up.
Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch.
Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.
The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing.
So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.
So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.