I've always enjoyed writing. Not as much as reading, but almost as much. I published some poems and short stories in school literary magazines in high school and college, but never anything that paid me or cost my readers anything.
So, back around 2001, I started tinkering with a Norse-themed fantasy setting called Midhgardhur. I ran a couple of Dungeons & Dragons games using the setting, but mostly it was just a pleasant mental exercise in world building. I started working on it a little more in-depth in 2011, and began a Pathfinder RPG campaign set in that world in November 2011 (that campaign is still running as of this writing, incidentally - we just had our 77th game session on June 6th, 2015).
Anyway, a couple of years ago, for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month for those of you who may not be familiar with the acronym), I wrote a novella set in the world of Midhgardhur, called "The Saga of Asa Oathkeeper". When NaNoWriMo was over, I didn't look at it again for a while, but I recently dusted it off and edited it, then passed it to my wife Tanya for another round of editing, then I tinkered with it a bit more.
A few days ago, I decided to publish it for Amazon Kindle. I mean, I wrote a novel (really more of a novella) - I'm going to put it out there! So I published it, and I got notification that it is live for sale on Amazon. It sells for just $3.99 and it is the first time I've ever tried publishing my writing for sale. The feedback so far has been great, and I really appreciate all the kind words and encouragement.
I am working on another book in the same world, although a very different sort of book, based on a story from the Norse sagas . . . I'll let you know when to expect it when I really get serious with it. Right now, I'm researching . . .