I bleed words for a living. How did this come to be? At what point did I decide that I would write? That I would be a writer. Since I have always loved to write, it is challenging to pinpoint the exact moment I felt compelled to confide in words as a source of strength. My life has not been perfect in childhood, and having attended eight different schools before High School, I developed a love for reading. Ah, there it is. I write because I love to read. There are deeper reasons why I write but this is the starting place. Reading has always been my foundation. I could not trust in people so I trusted in books. Ironic isn’t it? For authors are people too. Nonetheless, by the age of twelve I developed a love for stories. Understand that my love for stories and my love for reading are two separate occasions. I have always, and still do, love to read. But it is that moment I took notice of how stories were written that I began to love stories. The emotion of the characters, the surrounding landscape, and even the way the words tippy toed across the page fascinated me. I wanted to be part of this process on a level that went deeper than reading. I wanted to become an architect of this kind of skill and just like that I began to write stories of my own.
Today
Today my love for writing and my purpose for doing so have spun into greater depth as I have experienced many different things, traveled many places, and interacted with many different people as opposed to when I was a girl. I write today not so much to merely entertain, but to do so while also educating. I write to free individuals from the limited ways we tend to think and to feel. I hope to provide a kind of “edu-tainment”, a made-up word meaning to educate through entertainment. Everyone wants to learn but it does not have to be dull. We all wish to enjoy ourselves as we learn and I hope that my books can provide and has provided this kind of nourishment. In short, my reasoning for writing has developed but at its core it has remained the same. I love writing because I love reading and every book I read is inspiration to write.
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Good Morning! Thanks for the feedback 🙂
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good morning, in India it is late evening though.
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LOL, oh well, Good Evening!
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thanks, lol
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Could relate to what you wrote. Writing is my emotional outlet. Without it I would probably explode! I also love to read. I get lost in books. I escape my world into the world of another person through reading.
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Hello Kathy, thanks for leaving a comment on the table! Reading rocks 🙂
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[ Smiles ] Good reason for writing!
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Thanks 🙂
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[ Smiles ] You are welcome!
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This was well done
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Thank you! yaass 🙂
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Very well done… I love it!
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Thank you Nurechia :).
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Glad to meet you Yecheilyah. I love your reason to write (i.e edutainment). All the best with your work.
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Nice to meet you too! Thank you and likewise all the best with your work as well.
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