hiː bɪɡˈæn tə ɹˈaɪt ʃˈɔːɹt stˈoːɹiz, ænd hɪz fˈɜːst fˈɪkʃən sˈeɪl "stˈɑːɹbɜːd" wʌz pˈʌblɪʃt ɪn ɐn ænθˈɑːlədʒi ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi nˈaɪn.
He began to write short stories, and his first fiction sale "Starbird" was published in an anthology in 1989.