Carey Lee has taken a diverse path in life to his late rise as a fiction writer, working hundreds of jobs,
and traveling through many countries. "Blocks are many, and they are crippling. I always knew
how to write; for years, I couldn't. It's a long story, but simple keys-that I had to find, basically by
happenstance-unblocked me. You still hear, 'write what you know.' I disagree. My years'
experience of writing and non-writing truth is this: write WHO you know. If someone had said
that to me years ago, my career may have started earlier. To put it another way, people are
interesting-facts are dull. Sometimes I just need one thing, one change in viewpoint, or a tiny
change in approach to characters and story, and that is the difference between almost effortless,
unblocked writing, and a book; or a non-startable impotence-an inability to even frame the idea
or theme properly. How do I know I'm being honest and doing the right thing? If it helps you to
write, do it." Born in Cochise and raised mostly in Pima County, Carey lives with his nice dog
in Three Points, Arizona.
