And it's incumbent upon all of us to periodically reflect and say, ‘Why am I not achieving the success I want, or what went well, what didn't?'

I think if you get 10 years into a career, you learn a lot about yourself and your own strengths and weaknesses. So I was just at this point in my life where I was reflecting to say, ‘When I leave this earth, what do I want to be proud that I've worked on?' I had had some success in my career, but I didn't really feel that I had found that thing that I felt I was really qualified to do and was meant to do with my life. I like creating software and loved the startup environment. I started an internet company in college, and I did that for 10 years. It's something that is a second career for me that I came to in my late 20s, early 30s. Gerry: I'm someone who didn't grow up wanting to be a writer. Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing after quite a different original career. His latest novel is Lost in Time, a time travel thriller. Riddle is the bestselling author of 11 books with over 4 million copies sold and translated into 24 languages. Riddle at and on Twitter Transcript of Interview with A.G.

What do you want to control - and what are you willing to let go of to achieve what you want?.

Moving from indie to hybrid to traditional publishing - and movie deals.

Why the ‘job' of being an author is different now.

Researching a novel, and Gerry's writing process.

Reflecting on success - or lack of it - and assessing a career after a decade.

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