P.A.B. Arianis
I've been gaming and writing stories since I was 8 and my cousin asked me to DM his Dungeons & Dragons group. Stories in RPGs led to stories in early '90's chat sims, and then to MMOs. In the early 'aughts, I started playing a game called EvE Online. The community of players and the potential depth of the New Eden universe blew my mind. Even a baseliner (non-capsuleer) faced incredible challenges and crisis in so many interesting ways.
Plots and characters flooded my mind and I just had to write them down. When I started, it was only as a way of channeling creative energy while I spent my offline life slogging through business classes and food-service jobs. Now, I continue to write for myself, but also because I have deep desire to share all of the beauty and richness I see with anyone else who might care to immerse themselves as well.