I wrote my first story when I was 10. Two heroes and a professor built a machine that drilled into the earth and found the ages were layers of existence--they first drilled down to Roman Times, then the age of Dinosaurs.
Since then I have been learning about the art of writing and what it means to be a writer. About once every five years, I re-read Dorothea Brandes' "Becoming a Writer". Published in 1932, it remains the only book about writing anyone ever needs to read. Often I follow it with Hemmingway's Old Man and The Sea, which still astounds me.
I have not yet seen anything published, but I have managed to write some stories I'm proud of. And I'm still learning.