Ten years ago, I walked away from a successful career as a middle manager for Fortune 50 companies because I wanted to follow my dream of becoming a writer. Today, not only do I work for myself writing full-time for a living, I have experienced some of my wildest imaginings, including: collaborating with tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams as well as A-list actors Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett, co-authoring two New York Times best-sellers and having three books featured on national daytime and evening talk shows.