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Saturday, July 15, 2006

Changing careers from engineering to writing novels

Brian Egeston graduated from Tennessee State University in 1995 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He says he chose the major because he never wanted to be a starving artist. He went on to a successful engineering career, working for both RCA and Motorola. But Egeston couldn’t leave his love of writing, and instead chose to leave his lucrative work in engineering to become a full-time writer. [ Visit Website ]