Why Do I Read and Write? Prompted by Emily-Jane Rafferty’s Why We desperately Need Creative Writing in 2020, I felt compelled.
Reading fiction, in all forms from whatever young age I was capable of reading, has continued throughout my life. Writing first came in essays at school and letters to the government on subjects about which I felt passionately.
As they are wont to do, life and career forced me to write passive business emails and reports. The only reading for pleasure achieved was of the latest bestsellers on a beach twice a year.
Eleven years ago, I had a lot of time on my hands and a scarcity of books, so I started a blog. It gave meaning to my existence on a barren Atlantic island.
I haven’t looked back since then. Honing my writing skills, reading for research for my passion pieces, and still reading for pleasure.
