Just ask full-time computer consultant and part-time author Branden "B.T." Robertson.

Since 2003, along with spending 40 hours during the day at the informative consulting firm Ideal Integrations, Robertson found the inspiration to write and publish parts one and two of his "Chronicles of the Planeswalkers" fiction saga.

Robertson will be signing copies of his books at Barnes and Noble at South Hills Village at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20.

"I never said I wanted to be a writer," Robertson, a Natrona Heights resident, said of his days in high school and later at Penn State University. "I just loved creative writing and the freedom of expression. I like visualizing something in my head and putting it onto paper."

Robertson began writing the first part of the saga while he was going to college full-time as well as working full-time. The first part of the series begins with part zero.

"Everything in the computer field begins with zero," says Robertson. "It's my silent shout-out to my computer background."

So where did Robertson find the time to write a fantasy novel while juggling school and work?

"I would write every chance I got," he says. "I would write during lunch breaks, weekends and even while my girlfriend, who is now my wife, took naps."

Part two of the series was published in April of this year, and Robertson says he is currently writing the third and final episode of the trilogy.

"If it was possible, I would become a full-time writer," Robertson says. "But given my roots and my love of computers, I would stay in the computer field part-time. I'm just fortunate to be published."

Branden "B.T." Robertson will be at the South Hills Village Barnes & Noble at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20. For more information, visit www.btrobertson.com.